q ject rebuild kit---where?
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Melting Slicks
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q ject rebuild kit---where?
Best supplier for a '73 454 Q Ject rebuild kit? Please advise.
Thanks,
george
Also, could someone post a link to Lars papers on these rebuilds, and the posts on distributors?
Thanks,
george
Also, could someone post a link to Lars papers on these rebuilds, and the posts on distributors?
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Sorry, misread your post. Try the Vette vendors such as:
http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb.dll?parta~partsort
This apparently won't come up but Corvette Central has them.
http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb.dll?parta~partsort
This apparently won't come up but Corvette Central has them.
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Present day rebuild kits come with a "modest" amount of rebuild information any more. 30+ years ago, there were several sheets of detailed printed information about disassembly, rebuilding, and detail about the various adjustments and how to do them properly. These days, you're lucky to get a couple of Xerox copies of the basic stuff; and they are copies of copies of.... Well, you get the idea. Look at the info you get with the kit and if it isn't very much, you might want to consider buying a book on Q-Jet rebuilding [Borders Books, Barnes & Noble, etc.].
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Present day rebuild kits come with a "modest" amount of rebuild information any more. 30+ years ago, there were several sheets of detailed printed information about disassembly, rebuilding, and detail about the various adjustments and how to do them properly. These days, you're lucky to get a couple of Xerox copies of the basic stuff; and they are copies of copies of.... Well, you get the idea. Look at the info you get with the kit and if it isn't very much, you might want to consider buying a book on Q-Jet rebuilding [Borders Books, Barnes & Noble, etc.].
Pick up Doug Roe's book entitled "Rochester Carburetors". I used it when rebuilding my Q-jet and it is terrific. 
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Cliff Ruggles has a good book and also sells two sets of rebuild kits. One is more extensive then the other. His number is 740-397-2921. His book is better if your looking to modify the Q-Jet (IMO).
Doug Roes book is good for basic rebuilding and the Chassis Service manual has a good description for the choke settings. The Echlin kit includes a single sheet (very very small print) for gap settings per application and carb. As said NAPA carries the kit and is good for a basic rebuild.
Doug Roes book is good for basic rebuilding and the Chassis Service manual has a good description for the choke settings. The Echlin kit includes a single sheet (very very small print) for gap settings per application and carb. As said NAPA carries the kit and is good for a basic rebuild.
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My Chilton/Haynes book covers the E4ME. I used it to tune/adjust the E4ME on an '84 Z-28 I once owned. It worked great when I was finished.
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Update and a couple more questions
Okay,
Took her apart, found a bent upper plate (fashioned a nice rig in the vice, straightened it out, filed it smooth and straight edge confirmed trueness).
Cleaned everything, inspected everything, re-assembled with new parts, and installed.
Flooding, rich running is gone----Yeah!
Now has a somewhat lean condition at idle, and will not hold idle speed for long (gradually drops from 900 to 300, then stalls)
Checked vacuum ---17, pretty good.
Found that timing was 10 degrees advanved at crank, and 24 total. Am looking at dist.
??????
Took her apart, found a bent upper plate (fashioned a nice rig in the vice, straightened it out, filed it smooth and straight edge confirmed trueness).
Cleaned everything, inspected everything, re-assembled with new parts, and installed.
Flooding, rich running is gone----Yeah!
Now has a somewhat lean condition at idle, and will not hold idle speed for long (gradually drops from 900 to 300, then stalls)
Checked vacuum ---17, pretty good.
Found that timing was 10 degrees advanved at crank, and 24 total. Am looking at dist.
??????