Carb rebuilds?

[3VILC]

Does anyone still practice this ancient art?
I suppose I could have a go myself, but I wouldnt even know where to look to get a kit from these days. Any ideas anyone?

[Sadam_Husain]

Dissassemble it, soak it for a while, blow all the galleries out with compressed air and stick it back together with a new kit and a couple of new fuel filters. Carbs wear out and paticularly the shaft on the butterfly wears and leaks air so a rebuild is usually only half as good as a new carb if its done a few miles

[3VILC]

Yeah its definately seen better days.. it runs better than a lot of carbs i have driven but nowhere near as good as it could be.
There are a few options;
1; The best but rare as rocking horse s**t, fit an EFI setup from a newer engine
2; Strip and rebuild carb hope for the best
3; Get a chinese aftermarket carb, not too bad priced but apparently use even more fuel than standard
4; Get a new genuine carb, $1200, if I had this to throw around I would chuck a whole new engine in

I guess toyota is the best bet for a carb kit these days (prepare for heart attack at price), I remember walking down the road to your local little auto store and ordering carb kits for bugger all..now most of those little stores are closed down

[Ralfie]

Does anyone still practice this ancient art?
I suppose I could have a go myself, but I wouldnt even know where to look to get a kit from these days. Any ideas anyone?

Still plenty of specialists out there. Not all on the web though. I used to use a place in New North Road, just can't recall name now.
use yellow pages or do google search.

[ladeda]

Try weber specialists in silverdale.
I found him helpfull and good to deal with.
He givs you the time of day.
He can also fix ya carb if the butterfly has worn a groove.