Carberator

I have a 1956 Oldsmobile 88. The choke is stuck and will not close. I think I need a rebuild. The hole system is stock and has never been rebuilt. I tryed to lossen it but it gets stuck again. Its not the chock on the fire wall its in the carberator. Does anyone know a place in the Los Angeles or San Diego area that can rebuild a 56 Oldsmobile carberator with out causing any additional issues. I have gone to mom and pop joints and they seem to create more problems. I dont know how to even start with one of these my self.

 

Along these lines does anyone know a place I can find additional parts for a mid 50s Oldsmobile.

 

Dave...wow....no spell check? You are aware that it's DAPPER, not Daper? (daper rhymes with paper, dapper rhymes with rapper).

56 Olds should have an automatic choke that is not mounted on the firewall.

I'd recomment that if you're having this much trouble, remove the carburetor and rebuilt it yourself (if you've NOT ever done a carb rebuild, either go very slow or have a qualifed shop do it). Having a shop do this means that they should stand behind their work, but keep in mind that they are only rebuilding the carb - if you don't reinstall it properly, or the carb was not the problem, there won't be much they can do for you. You could consider taking the whole car to the carb place and asking them to rebuild it and put it back on.

dj

 

A few tips when you desire technical responses to your post;

Spell check, and an attempt at proper punctuation are your friends. Using them may not be the WHOLE answer to communicating your ideas, but they help greatly, as does proofreading your post and making the corrections before posting.

Providing detailed information in the original post is essential too. You can't expect someone responding to actually be able to help unless you've included specifics. In this case knowing the brand (GM commonly used Carter as well as their own Rochester division as suppliers in the 50s and 60s) and type of CARBURETOR is as essential as knowing the brand and year of vehicle you are working on. General information about four barrels isn't likely to help you solve a specific problem with a two barrel.

Communicating an idea of your skill set will help shape the responder's answer too. Sharing specific details of rebuild procedure won't help if you are not confident enough to do it yourself and what you're really looking for is to be led to someone who can.

Finally, learn to use the search function. This site has huge numbers of very knowledgeable people and your question has probably been asked before. People on here tend to be short with those that haven't attempted to find the answer by pursuing that avenue first.

 

I'd rebuild it for you if you were still in VA.

 

Gotta love those H.A.M.B Nazis!

 

Dave, I dont know if Burbank is too much of a trip for you, but see Carlos at BFIC Fuel Sytems, 818-845-9000, or www.carbsonly.com, they will help you. Hope that helps.