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I bought my car some time ago, it’s a 71 350/270Hp 4 speed, I realized that the carburetor is not working alright, so I bought a repair kit. I think I can repair it myself, but, there’s one piece missing in the carb, is the drivers side secondary down leg! I have another old carb where I can get the missing part, but, can it be safely repaired? I mean, it fell once… may it fall again?
Can it be repaired?
Have someone done this repair before?
From: At my Bar drinking and wrenching in Lafayette Colorado
That's correct. You're missing the secondary fuel discharge tube - not uncommon. You need to remove the airhorn and simply install a replacement tube into the airhorn from a donor carb. Tap it in with a hard plastic hammer and it will stay - you can put a small dab of Loctite on it to assure that it won't come out.
Fixed!
At least the secondary main discharge nozzle!
I went for a run and the car runs great on the secondaries!
But, I cant get it to idle right… the primary valves seemed bended… I should have replaced them. That will be the next job!
Some pictures!
Thanks for the help!
From: At my Bar drinking and wrenching in Lafayette Colorado
It's quite possible: The tube is thin-wall mild steel, and is pretty soft - it will crush like tin foil. I've seen these nozzles go right through an engine with no damage at all to the engine. The tube gets pretty mangled, though...
Rochester carburetor problem, missing part!
