I will second Jaime's comments. The Zeniths, while far from economical, work just fine when properly set up and maintained. I have had a number of MB models with the dual Zenith setup that worked well for me - they are finicky and the adjustment and setup procedures must be followed to the absolute detail when performing them.
They have earned a poor reputation mainly due to people's ignorance and inability to follow directions. Granted, the mileage these cars get with the dual Zeniths is poor at best, but a properly set up pair of Zeniths will work just fine and give good service. Dan --- On Thu, 12/23/10, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Another $2500 W108 on CL > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 8:59 AM > This is a bit of a myth. > Perhaps it was valid when these cars were > daily drivers with 200,000 miles and warped carbs. > But now these are > classic cars and should be preserved as original. > > Dual Zeniths work very well when they're setup properly and > can return > 20+ miles per gallon on the highway. > > I have 20,000+ miles of experience with a zenith powered > W108. They > required annual adjustment (which is reasonable, > considering the > maintenance schedule originally specified for the > car). The proper > tooling, and good understanding of how the choke, idle > circuits, and > secondaries, etc work is also necessary. > > Study this: > http://www.jaimekop.com/CarbManual/ > > Jaime > > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dual Zeniths, unless someone replaced them with > Webers. That model of > > Zenith is the carburetor equivalent of Lucas, the > prince of darkness. Nice > > cars except for the Zeniths and the 15-17 MPG. > > > > > >> I love that color. Only better colors are silver > and ivory, IMO. 280S > >> will > >> have dual carbs, 6 cylinder in line, right? I > think it was a '69 280S > >> that I > >> helped my father purchase in CA and drive back to > WI. > >> > >> -Max > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: David Bruckmann <bruckma...@transcontinental.ca> > >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > >> Sent: Thu, December 23, 2010 1:18:34 AM > >> Subject: [MBZ] Another $2500 W108 on CL > >> > >> Another $2500 W108... > >> > >> http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/2126460283.html > >> > >> As seen on CL: > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
