<![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> Reminds me of a carb-related Henny Youngman riff...


I came home from work. My wife met me at the door.

She said, "Honey, there's something wrong with the car"

"What's wrong?"

"I think there's water in the carburetor"

"Where's the car now?"

"In the lake"

zxasqw12

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> Two of my rides use carbs, and one's from 1945 - though to be fair, that one just about amounts to a pipe with a hole in it, and a hose from the gas tank is plumbed to the hole.

I did a full carb rebuild on an Opel GT. There were about as many moving parts in that one thing a there were in the entire engine. We also found one of the check valve beads that had been lost from a previous rebuild - it was in the float bowl.

Word to the wise: do your rebuild on a jelly roll pan - the biggest one you can find. Anything tiny that jumps out will roll much farther than you ever imagined. The jelly roll pan has edges that will stop little parts.

It's a bad idea to use Sweetie's favorite pan. Don't ask how I know this.

Elhigh

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> Mmm, carbs. I haven't even barely touched my 4 lovely Keihins on my CB550F. Should be the same thing, right? Guys?

@b.borrman: Nice! I'll probably just end up cheapening out and doing that instead.

bzr

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> @b.borrman: UGH, the demonic SU carburetor... once had a lovely 66 Volvo P1800s. Was a dream to drive (I hear). Got it for a song, just needed a simple axle bearing. Granted, it took 3 weeks to get the damn thing - they had to get it from Sweden, though the part was made in Canada - but was simple to install.

However, I could never get the twin SU's to sync, no matter how many chickens were sacrificed at full moon, etc etc.

Decided that my car-ma was at fault; sold car for a profit (!) and the new owner loves it, drives it like crazy, no problem.

There's voodoo in them there carbs.. after all, SU stands for Satanic & Useless, right?

abgwin

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> @eldo500: I tried to rebuild the 4 carbs in my XS1100. Multiple carbs should not be attempted by people with limited skills. It took me about 5 minutes to break one, snapped the tower that held the floats right off.

I had to go hand it over to a mechanic that repaired it with a tiny drill and safety wire. It was a thing of beauty as repairs go.

He made me promise to never work on the carb bank again.

mytdawg

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> @eldo500: Hmmm... when I was pup and had no fear of the unknown, I did the carbs on my KZ1000, the SU's on my P6, the 2bbl Carter on my Chevelle. All just using whatever kit the auto/bike store sold me and a little dead reckoning; din't have no stinking manuals. I did carefully note the position (how many turns) of each adjustable adjustment screw prior to disassembly.

The Chevy carb was by far the most complicated. The SU's are remarkable for their lack of moving parts. They are little bitches to get a pair (let alone 3 or more) working in sync, however. Even with the special tuning tool.

lascauxcaveman

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> When I was 17 and wholly unaware of my utter lack of mechanical inclinations, I decided to rebuild the quartet of carbs from my Hurricane 600. Needless to say, that was the last time I ever rode that bike. The worst part was, the bike ran perfectly before my dumb ass decided to tackle that project, and I still don't remember why I thought it was a good idea.

eldo500

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> @JohnnyWagon:
PROTIP:
There are in excess of 4 accepted "correct" spellings for the full name of a carby.

Kamshaaft

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> @Buckster, @Mad_Science: Or, for the opposite perspective, how about this:

1. Remove carburetor.
2. Install fuel injection setup.

Weeks of work, but it'll be worth it.

stu-rock

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> @Buckster:

The list has to be adjusted a bit for those fine, fine '70s SU carbs with the "auto" choke:

Step 1: Drop off at shop
Step 2: Accept phone call from tech marveling at your carbs' ability to eat parts
Step 3: Spend the next two weeks walking to the bar
Step 4: Pick up at shop
Step 5: Return to shop immediately

b.borrman

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> If you have an extra spring or screw left over, and the car runs, don't worry about it. You've improved the design. Nissan could have saved money if they'd just talked to you first!

JayP71

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> @Buckster: I'm with you. Normally, I'm all about doing stuff yourself, but carbs and watches are two things I'll leave to the experts (usually really cranky old guys in small shops with weird small tools).

When I was a tire monkey years ago, they had me run a carb over to "specialty rebuild shop." It was this old dude in his tool shed in his back yard. Outside was a pile of carbs 8 feet across and 6 feet tall.

Mad_Science

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> Man, if you're going to tear one apart, at least use something more interesting than an old Aisin 2-BBL. How 'bout a Carter AVS 4-BBL off a '69 440?? Then you can talk about getting the spring tension set right so the back two gas spillers open at just the right time. Stepped needles and jets, anyone???

racebeer

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> Someday I will have to do this. I have at least two cars in deep storage that will likely need it when they come out again. I'll always be afraid of screwing up, but I also won't feel like a whole person until I do it.

ZeGerman

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> @SwatLax: Yeah, and it wasn't from lovin' his car...

mytdawg

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> Rebuild Carb

Step 1. Drop off at shop.

Step 2. Pick up at shop.

To many small pieces for me to tackle.

Buckster

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> when i need to make one-off gaskets, i use some stamp ink from the wife's crafts and coat the soon-to-be-gasketed surface in it.

stamp it onto the gasket material and cut away.

quick and dirty, did this on the road once using a permanent marker and a sheet of plumbing gasket material as well.

T-Comm

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> I quit messing with carbs a few years ago when that Atkins diet came out.

Come on, we needed one lame joke about it...the elephant in the room was starting to stink.

cgraham

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> Yea! The parts trailing guy is back!!

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> The smell of Carb Dip will stay with you for weeks. That stuff scares me.

MurileeMartin

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> @mytdawg: He's dead?

SwatLax

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> Remember kids...after you exorcise the evil spirits (thanks to the carb rebuild), it's time to exercise your ride!

scotte

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> Caburetor? Is that located near the blinker fluid reservoir?

I love you carburetory skillz. Your spelling, not so much. x-D

JohnnyWagon

]]> <![CDATA[Rebuild Your Carburetor]]> Told my girl I'd have to forget her

So I could buy me a new carburetor

RIP Freddie

mytdawg

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