8 thoughts on “Something I Learned Many Years Ago”
well, don’t know about ford carbs, but I did make a few bucks rebuilding S.U. carbs
back in the 1980’s. used to buy them at like 20 bucks a set and then clean them up and polish them and replace what was needed and out the door at 120 a pop.
for another 100 bucks I would install them and tune them.
I think has something to do with the lower back pain I have as well.
funny part was that if you kept them tuned and oiled right. you be amazed at how many miles per gallon you could get with them.
ATF worked just fine in them too.
Years ago I had a ring-bound VW manual designed for non-mechanics. The chapter on Carburetors and Transmissions simply said, “If you bought this book, you will never be able to work on carburetors or transmissions”
My first try at rebuilding a carburetor was off a Dodge station wagon, it was a 2 barrel…. and when I realized how lost I was I put all the parts, pieces, springs and all in a paper sack and took that sack down to the auto parts store and bought a rebuilt carb. The guy laughed, took the bag and handed me what I needed.
The next carb I tried was done with a LOT more care…
Last one I had was just like that. Never ran right at all…unless my Dad (a master mechanic) was there. I’d bitch and moan and drag Dad out too look at it…and that son of a whore would purr like a kitten.
The second Dad was gone the POS would start burping and farting and choking and wheezing. I came within a micron of unloading on it with my 12 bore. Last Ford I ever bought. Fuck those guys, I will never forgive them.
When I was a kid, Dad decided to replace the carb on the 60′ Buick Electra. He couldn’t get it to work right, and we weren’t going to get to go to Grandma’s. Grandma was 150 miles away, and that’s where a cookie jar of peanut butter cookies lived. My suggestion to Dad was to put the old carb back on since he said it worked. We got to go to Grandma’s!
well, don’t know about ford carbs, but I did make a few bucks rebuilding S.U. carbs
back in the 1980’s. used to buy them at like 20 bucks a set and then clean them up and polish them and replace what was needed and out the door at 120 a pop.
for another 100 bucks I would install them and tune them.
I think has something to do with the lower back pain I have as well.
funny part was that if you kept them tuned and oiled right. you be amazed at how many miles per gallon you could get with them.
ATF worked just fine in them too.
Years ago I had a ring-bound VW manual designed for non-mechanics. The chapter on Carburetors and Transmissions simply said, “If you bought this book, you will never be able to work on carburetors or transmissions”
My first try at rebuilding a carburetor was off a Dodge station wagon, it was a 2 barrel…. and when I realized how lost I was I put all the parts, pieces, springs and all in a paper sack and took that sack down to the auto parts store and bought a rebuilt carb. The guy laughed, took the bag and handed me what I needed.
The next carb I tried was done with a LOT more care…
The vid and the commenters above win the LOL’s today.
Weber: products design by Satan. In league with Lucas, Prince of Darkness.
Fucken Fords.
Last one I had was just like that. Never ran right at all…unless my Dad (a master mechanic) was there. I’d bitch and moan and drag Dad out too look at it…and that son of a whore would purr like a kitten.
The second Dad was gone the POS would start burping and farting and choking and wheezing. I came within a micron of unloading on it with my 12 bore. Last Ford I ever bought. Fuck those guys, I will never forgive them.
I got PTSD from it…
This is why I love living way out in the country.
When I was a kid, Dad decided to replace the carb on the 60′ Buick Electra. He couldn’t get it to work right, and we weren’t going to get to go to Grandma’s. Grandma was 150 miles away, and that’s where a cookie jar of peanut butter cookies lived. My suggestion to Dad was to put the old carb back on since he said it worked. We got to go to Grandma’s!