I'm outta town for the next week but I have a complete 2bbl setup and pland to sell it as I am just gonna stick w the original 1 on my uw gremlin. 60 bucks for everything. I think I paid 65 but what ever....let me know if anyone wants it. Davis 860-997-2732 cell Sent from my MOTOBLUR™ smartphone on AT&T -----Original message----- From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sun, Jul 4, 2010 14:03:56 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Anybody got a core Holley 1909? Or upgrade? Or rebuilder? I rebuilt the 1909 I have about a year ago. It cleaned up nice. I replaced gaskets and jet - but the idle set screw (or whatever big 'ol screw it has) seemed stripped out a bit. Turning it in did not do much. The carb works, and I got some good miles out of it. But I could not get the idle slow enough. It worked fine for grocery trips and heading out on the highway, though. I'm thinking if I pick up a rebuildable and send it in to be professionally done - hopefully it will address that issue. And I will keep mine on the car while the rebuildable is out getting done - just in case the subdivision covenant folks come knocking on my door (want to make sure the car will start - don't expect any hassles, but gotta make sure). I had the tank cleaned about two and a half years ago. Replaced fuel lines. Replaced the fuel pump a while back - and the filter is pretty fresh. However - I wanted to see if my fuel gauge was accurate after replacing the fuel sending unit - so I ran it down to less than an eigth of a tank. I definately could have picked some junk up. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:51 PM, tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Bruce, >> >> Carburetor rebuilds are generally not that difficult to do. The only problem >> you're likely to have is that the throttle shaft is worn and needs a bushing >> made for it. That should be a piece of cake for a machine shop. > > > Yep, what Matt sez. Also if you rebuild a core from eBay or something, > worst case is you "take too long" or whatever. > > I don't like using all the solvents it takes to clean carbs. Those old > 'carburetor dip' buckets are expensive now though they worked pretty > good. That white milky stuff, I dunno, I think it had a lot of MEK > (methyl ethyl ketone) in it which is truly nasty toxic crap. > > I've pretty much switched over to 100% "garage floor cleaner", eg. the > purple stuff, instead of solvent. It degreases like crazy, I use stiff > plastic brushes, wire brushes for steel, plastic pot scrubbers, and > steel wool. I use alcohol etc for gasket surface wipes and such. I > think that purple stuff eats lighter metals, but for scrubbing and > rinsing it should be fine. Just don't let it sit overnight or > anything. But a lot of carb gunk is like varnish, and needs evil > solvents to remove. The outside will clean fine in purple stuff. _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20100704/3e28ec9c/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com