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[Speedwagon]

I noticed yesterday, after smelling raw gas for a bit, that my carb appears to be leaking somewhere.  The sight glass was at the top just after I shut the car down, then about an hour later it was near the bottom.  The screws on the carb have been tore up a bit from someone going in there before.  And the choke has had the rivets removed and replaced with screws.

 

Would you try to rebuild it, or just get a stock carb from the junkyard? (there is a local yard with a 147k carb right now).  This carb has 251k on it.

[digdug18]

depending on the engine/carb, they do make rebuild kits for your carb. Though they are rather pricey, you can find fully rebuilt carbs on ebay for someplace in the $350 range, which is quite steep in my mind. If you buy the one in the local yard, you'll still have to rebuild it.

[letank]

IIRC the major issue is to get a new carb to intake gasket, the thick neoprene / composite one, I have never seen it, but remember some previous discussion about this specific gasket.

Michel

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