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Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:28 pm

:roll: I just bought a rebuild kit for my carb the car has a 1776, switched over to a single carb, i had to cut the lid, and add a box type unit to it, anyways, iv never rebuild a carb before. how hard is it, any advice, any do or donts, the kit comes with instructions, and seem pretty clear, but with working on other cars, thats not always the case. so how hard is it on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the hardest, and any do's or dont's with it

thanks

Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:19 pm

Here's the "DO's"
Take everything apart
Clean everything in parts cleaner
Blow out passageways(compressed air)
Put it all back together

Here are the "DON'T's"
Lose anything
Stick a wire in to clean the passageways
Have leftover parts

It's quite simple....Good Luck :D

Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:23 pm

one thing about the extra parts. carbs kits are usualy made to be used with several different types of carbs, and will come with some extra pieces that you may not use.

Fri Nov 07, 2003 2:59 pm

I was just getting ready to do this myself. Does everything go in the solvent? Are there any parts that should not go in? I'm wondering mainly about the automatic choke. It looks like this is the only part that is "electrical".

Fri Nov 07, 2003 7:14 pm

I believe ibjack meant not to have any left over parts that came off of the carb itself and not the kit.

and oc63rag the cleaner is mainly to rid the carb of gunk, gas residue, and old gas that may have turned into a substance similar to honey in the passageways and jets. so I dont think the chokes even need to get soaked, a clean rag and carb cleaner would do the trick with those.

Fri Nov 07, 2003 11:19 pm

Also make sure that you DON'T put the large black plastic float in the cleaner. You can check it for leaks in plain 'ol water.

Sat Nov 08, 2003 5:13 pm

Also make sure the solvent you dip the carb in is "carb cleaner". It is different than other sovents and leaves a lubricating film on the moving parts. I like berrymans but the stuff is nasty so wear some good rubber gloves and use in an area of good ventilation outside the house.