So I've been waiting for the fuel line fittings for my carbs. They came in the mail yesterday and I put them on. They fit good , look good, the time is now to start this thing. I put a jumper wire on the fuel pump and filled the carbs and looked for obvious leaks....seems good. Time to crank , first turn it flashes and keeps running....it's idling! A few adjustments and it seems to be running pretty good. I let it get up to temp and shut it down to tighten any loose nuts or hoses. The rear carb had a small wet spot on the manifold so I checked to see if the jet plugs were loose and gave them a snug. That must have been it. Satisfied with myself I went in the house. Today I went out and tried to start it cold ....vroom! first crank runs like it should. Shut it down and theres still a little fuel around the back carb. Maybe the inlet is a little loose. I put my wrench on it to give it a snug and SNAP!!! Busted the body of the carb....it had a small crack that I didn't see....you can see the black in the photo. I SAID THE BAD WORD....IF YOU SEE KAY!!!! So I need a 97 body or whole carb. It was nickle plated and looked really good DAMMIT! Gonna have a glass of Crown Royal and sulk.....WOE IS ME!
Dang Jeff, that really blows. Sorry for your troubles. I might have an extra parts carb if that helps, but it wouldn't be plated
Hi Scott I can use a good body , my base and airhorn are in good shape . It doesn't matter about the plating....beggers can't be choosy. It's the back carb , you don't see much of it.
That would make a wall hanger I’ve never seen before. You could make up all sorts of stories about how it happened as you were just cruising down the road.
I have a large milk crate full of similar carburetors. Apparently this was a weak area of the carburetor body, or somebody with too much arm power.
Isn't every part now available in a "new and improved" way? Not sure what a bare body would cost but its worth a look since that's an Achilles heel. Might need to top off that Crown Royal...to celebrate?
You could wittle and glue a piece of plexiglass over the hole then sell it at the next swap meet as having the "very rare float window for ease of setting float level" option.
If the post creator does not require some of your main bodies, I need some to replace the one that came off my coupe due to a stripped thread in the needle and seat hole, which, under he electric fuel pump pressure gushed fuel all over the header in my coupe until I managed to turn off the pump, and close the fuel tap when it stalled in traffic 2 weeks ago
I have some bodies coming my way via Spokane thanks to 37Slantback so go ahead and strike a deal with saltracer219...cheers!
When you said it broke I thought that it was just where the fitting screwed in for some reason. Wow, ya that's just a little bit worse. That sucks! Someone's going to have a nickel plated desk lamp build thread soon I think.
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