Eureka!!!

Phoned redline weber again yesterday and they faxed me a diagram for the mercedes 280 solex application. It turns out that the generic instruction booklet provided with the kit says that the front of the weber carb must face the front of the car, but the linkage is impossible to install that way. On the correct diagram, it shows that the new carb must be rotated 180 degrees and then it is very easy to figure out!

I just wish they had included the correct instructions with the kit, it would have saved a lot of time and frustration! If you order the redline weber conversion kit, make sure they send you the correct mercedes linkage diagram!