Re: Rebuilding the Carter WGD

Posted by Ross On 2013/2/15 23:18:11

Hans, on your 54 the fresh air enters the exhaust manifold cast passage at the bottom of that little square box cast on the manifold. It is important that the cover plate on the manifold be present and fit.

Now on to the carb: to have the vacuum bring up the warm air to the choke thermostatic coil there are a couple of things to check: on the WGD the the choke housing casting is often a little loose on the body of the carb--be sure the 3 screws are snug. There is a sheet metal disc, that fits into a recess in the choke housing that separates the mechanism side of the housing from the thermostatic side. This helps to direct the warm air over the coil. It is often missing. Lastly, the black thermostat housing must seal to the choke housing.

I am amused that you suppossed that they never worked. How then did granma get to the store, or granpa to work in February? Anyway, if your carb is too worn I would be happy to sell you a core.