14 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…
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!
There is an art to rebuilding a Rochester Quadrajet. It is easy to warp it making it a pile of junk. I learned this the hard way with a Lemons I had. It ended up with a Holley on top of it.
Or maybe learn to rebuild the carburetor properly.
This. Just because you don’t know how to do something, doesn’t mean it’s a piece of crap.
And with the internet, there should never a time where you can’t find the info.
Moron was probably trying to use a defective carb, Whether it was defective to start with, or he made it that way, we’ll never know.
I would have to say he is an idiot.
That was a F2-2150 Ford two barrel. We’ve had them on T-Birds, F-150’s, LTD’s, and Mustangs. Never had an issue with any of them, that actually was the carb’s fault. Occasionally, the accelerator pump would leak – but that was a fault of alcohol in the fuel attacking the diaphragm. I have one on my 79 F-150 and it works as designed.
Once we had a car with burnt valves, it would backfire through the carb and blow the power valve. The fuel mileage would tank. It may have had a bad part, but it was the engine that made it that way.
As far as not making a Holley run right or be dependable – that jack wagon shouldn’t even be allowed to own tools at all. If you can’t make a Holley run right, then you are an actual retard.
Are they fussy? Yes – they can be. If you know what you are doing, you can mitigate that and make them quite streetable.
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!
There is an art to rebuilding a Rochester Quadrajet. It is easy to warp it making it a pile of junk. I learned this the hard way with a Lemons I had. It ended up with a Holley on top of it.
Or maybe learn to rebuild the carburetor properly.
This. Just because you don’t know how to do something, doesn’t mean it’s a piece of crap.
And with the internet, there should never a time where you can’t find the info.
Moron was probably trying to use a defective carb, Whether it was defective to start with, or he made it that way, we’ll never know.
I would have to say he is an idiot.
That was a F2-2150 Ford two barrel. We’ve had them on T-Birds, F-150’s, LTD’s, and Mustangs. Never had an issue with any of them, that actually was the carb’s fault. Occasionally, the accelerator pump would leak – but that was a fault of alcohol in the fuel attacking the diaphragm. I have one on my 79 F-150 and it works as designed.
Once we had a car with burnt valves, it would backfire through the carb and blow the power valve. The fuel mileage would tank. It may have had a bad part, but it was the engine that made it that way.
As far as not making a Holley run right or be dependable – that jack wagon shouldn’t even be allowed to own tools at all. If you can’t make a Holley run right, then you are an actual retard.
Are they fussy? Yes – they can be. If you know what you are doing, you can mitigate that and make them quite streetable.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Moron shoulda shot his toolbox.
Phil, is that what you did?