[AT] OT: Carburetors

[pga2 at hot1.net]

If you're lucky, you may be able to find someone that can repair
a Quadrajet somewhere in your area. They are a pretty complicated
piece of work and do not respond well to tinkering by amateurs
that don't absolutely know what they are doing. Properly rebuilt
and set up, they are a good performance carb. Otherwise, forget it!

Phil

----- Original Message -----
>From    : Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
Sent    : Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:33:57 -0600
To      : Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-
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Subject : Re: [AT] OT: Carburetors

----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Johnson <geraldajohnson at bellsouth.net>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Carbruators

 You're right Ralph.....an AFB is a Carter carburetor.  I remember they
were used on the  1961 Chevrolet Super Sport  409 engine.  The single 4 bbl.
engine was rated at 360 hp. but in 1962 they came out with the dual Carter
AFB's that brought about the 409 with 409 hp.  Strong!

Gerald
Dual carter AFBs is a term I recall from my days of reading "Rod and Custom"
magazine in the 1960s. No I never owned anything that radical but I do like
the sound emanating from the big secondaries on my quadrajet in the GMC
pickup on full throttle.
Most (probably all) of the old tractors I can think of have been updraft
style single thoat carburetors. Nothing fancy but they seemed to get the job
done and they look simple enough that I think even I could dismantle and
repair one of them. I can't say the same for the Rochester quadrajet on the
pickup truck though.

Ralph in Sask.