1971 Plymouth Valiant "Granny Smith"
1/3/26:
Onto the next step- rebuilding the Carter BBD 2bbl carb. Somehow this is my third BBD rebuild (helped my uncle rebuild the BBD on my 1971 Polara's 383 and I also rebuilt one off a Super Six that I was going to throw onto my 1984 D150).
Carb off. That was easy.
Carb on the bench and ready for disassembly. Was a pretty dirty carb on the outside but surprisingly clean on the inside. Whole reason for the rebuild was for a reseal and accelerator pump.
Carb apart and ready for a soak in Berryman Chem-dip. Not too dirty on the inside.
After the soak, I found that the choke plate screw had broken off at some point in the past (I broke the other one off trying to remove it). A drill bit and a tap fixed it and some new brass screws got it good.
Ready to go back together. So shiny!
All ready to go!
Back on! Now I have not had time to sit down and tune it, so at some point I will get around to that. Super eagle eye people will see a few issues with linkages and spring locations. Also spent a solid week trying to find correct clips and screws to fix some of the missing hardware I was unaware of until I put it back together.
1/3/26:
Onto the next step- rebuilding the Carter BBD 2bbl carb. Somehow this is my third BBD rebuild (helped my uncle rebuild the BBD on my 1971 Polara's 383 and I also rebuilt one off a Super Six that I was going to throw onto my 1984 D150).
Carb off. That was easy.
Carb on the bench and ready for disassembly. Was a pretty dirty carb on the outside but surprisingly clean on the inside. Whole reason for the rebuild was for a reseal and accelerator pump.
Carb apart and ready for a soak in Berryman Chem-dip. Not too dirty on the inside.
After the soak, I found that the choke plate screw had broken off at some point in the past (I broke the other one off trying to remove it). A drill bit and a tap fixed it and some new brass screws got it good.
Ready to go back together. So shiny!
All ready to go!
Back on! Now I have not had time to sit down and tune it, so at some point I will get around to that. Super eagle eye people will see a few issues with linkages and spring locations. Also spent a solid week trying to find correct clips and screws to fix some of the missing hardware I was unaware of until I put it back together.