Re: Carburetor suggestions?

Posted by Tim Cole On 2013/11/12 12:22:43

The Carburetor Doctor in Alberta Canada is a well recommended rebuilder. His sight has lots of free resource materials for people to use. He is a legitimate enthusiast.

The only reason to use a rebuilder is when a carburetor needs to be rebuilt rather than overhauled. What's the difference? Repairing worn throttle shaft bushings, machining new float needles and seats for early carburetors, removing main jets on Stromberg carburetors, leveling overstressed castings, etc., etc..

Of course the rebuilders also do the fancy work, but in the old days we used to send parts to platers and do the painting ourselves(that was for senior cars). I don't know what effect all the fancy cleaners have except that a brand new carburetor always performs better than a rebuild.

There is really no big mystery to those things because they use static approximations. Of course understanding the engineering is a different story, but technology always allows for the triumph of intimidation over intelligence.

I never ran into a carburetor situation where I didn't understand what was wrong with it, only where I needed superior resources, wanted the cosmetic work, or was pressed for time.