Still trucking along on the Edsel motor. I'm trying to get the carbs together, but I need a few questions answered before I can go any farther. I got the 2Gs from the auction site, supposedly fresh rebuilt with Speedway parts. I can definitely say they have not seen any gas in them since being redone, but "ready to go" was maybe a bit inaccurate. Here's the center carb: Obviously the cross bar for the air filter attachment is missing. Didn't see that in the pictures, and I wasn't pleased to find that out. Now how critical is that piece? Seems like not all the air filters use it, but is it worth it to cut the crossbar out of one of my core carbs and exopy it in? Next off, the holes I have circled above. They seem there for the clip in this picture: What is that? Do I need it? Only 2 of the 3 new carbs even have mounts for it. I can say this, even though this is a major PITA to put together, it's going to be a damn good lookin' engine once it's all together and painted up
My guess is that is an outboard carb, so it dosen't need a choke. just switch it with one that has one.
Sorry I messed that up. You should probably just swap out the top to get the air cleaner boss. Personally I wouldn't go through the trouble of trying to cut one out, and then epoxy it in. Especially if you have another one.
Only the new ones are coated, so it's either the pain in the butt of fixing it, or trying to match the silver. Isn't carb finish baked on rather than painted? I'm not real familiar with the stuff.
i believe the flap is a idle vent cover, not really needed and also you can either swap the top or just run the clamp type air filter (either hose clamp or set screw). it's also missing the bowl vent tube still no big deal, but i wouldn't cut up another carb as those 2 jets are getting costly.
depends, i've seen baked on and sprayed..........if it's from a home shop i would say sprayed (eastwood has carb paint).
Two of my carbs have the air cleaner stud boss cast into the top, but the third carb has a steel insert that the air cleaner stud screws into. (see below) There's another spring steel piece under the bowl vent shield. The spring steel piece has a rubber seal on the end that lines up with the vent hole. It looks like you may have it but I can't really tell in your pic. Here's what mine looks like. And here's the steel insert on one of the carbs I'll use as a secondary.
Thanks for the help guys! I do have the spring piece on the old carbs. As for the steel insert, any idea where I can find one? Will clamping on an air cleaner alone be sufficient to hold it? These carbs were supposedly rebuilt by a shop, so I think it may be the baked on finish. I basically bought them for the price of the Speedway kit and the linkage, I wonder if the smart play is to take them apart and transfer the bases, jets, and all the other new parts over to the old bodies. Seems a shame since these things look like a million bucks, but still... Thanks again for the pics. Anybody know where I can find an electric choke that might work on these carbs? There is an arm on the center carb for a manual choke right now, but I'd sure prefer electric if I can find one for a reasonable price.
You can get the peice to fix the air cleaner threads, and an electric choke from Vintage speed. http://www.vintagespeed.com/
As previously mentioned, the hole in the airhorn is for a missing "idle vent valve". On carburetors with idle circuits, this valve opens slightly at idle to allow excessive pressure to be bled from the bowl, thus minimizing a rich condition from fuel being forced from the bowl through the idle jets. The "finish" on Rochester 2-G series carburetors is "chromate". This is an etching process done to prevent oxidation and subsequent failure of the zinc alloy castings. It is a protective coating - not done for "pretty". Decent shops do this. Since there are hundreds of different castings, swapping castings from one carb to another is liable NOT to work, unless the carburetors have the same tag number. Jon.
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