Re: Carter WA-1 Carburators

Posted by Dave Kenney On 2009/1/12 19:20:23

Assuming that the problem is with the carburetor I am going to stick my neck out and advise that I doubt that there are many differences between the two Carter WA-1 carburetors. Both engines were of approximately the same size 229.7 vs 245.3 CID so the carbs are probably almost identical so except for finding the correct carburetor body number and tag for show purposes this carb should work OK. My Motors Manual shows almost that the metering rod gauge # is the same for both carbs and there is difference in the accelerator pump adjustment using the Carter tool but all else seems to be the same. You might do some checking to see if the problem is not something else such as a defective vacuum advance, float level out of adjustment or faulty acceleration pump which could cause this problem before doing a complete overhaul of the carb. If the problem has just developed it would indicate to me that the minor differences in the two carburetors is not the issue.