Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan
Posted by BH On 2013/6/14 14:00:02
Wow, nice find on those resto parts - and with springs in SS, too! If your Stromberg has been performing acceptably, I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water just yet - certainly not for a couple of small parts.
Now, before you shell out $20+ (including S&H), you might wanna stop by an ACE Hardware store and check out their spring assortment. The "local" store that I visit has a floor cabinet with several drawers of all sorts of springs, including extension types. You might find something close WRT number/size of coils and wire diameter for not much more than $1 - maybe less. Yet, choose carefully.
Next, I've not worked on any prewar carbs, but I've seen a lot of different types of things used by the manufacturers in later years that people refer to as "snap rings". If you check with anyone who rebuilt more than one carb, chance are good that they'll have something in their "coffee can" of leftover parts along the lines of what's shown in the I've attached below. May not be authentic (least of all, the E-clip), but might get your carb working again. Yet, keep in mind that size does matter.
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Now, before you shell out $20+ (including S&H), you might wanna stop by an ACE Hardware store and check out their spring assortment. The "local" store that I visit has a floor cabinet with several drawers of all sorts of springs, including extension types. You might find something close WRT number/size of coils and wire diameter for not much more than $1 - maybe less. Yet, choose carefully.
Next, I've not worked on any prewar carbs, but I've seen a lot of different types of things used by the manufacturers in later years that people refer to as "snap rings". If you check with anyone who rebuilt more than one carb, chance are good that they'll have something in their "coffee can" of leftover parts along the lines of what's shown in the I've attached below. May not be authentic (least of all, the E-clip), but might get your carb working again. Yet, keep in mind that size does matter.
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