72 duster Build progress
Decided I was going to run a rebuild kit through the eddy carb I picked up used from a buddy and I am glad I did....it was FULL of sand and dirt from being on a mud truck....I poured enough out to fill a spray paint cap up almost.
it went KINNDA smoothly....a jet would not budge and the soft brass chizzled away when I tried to turn it out so I figured if I was going to have to replace a set I would do all 4.
I cleaned and inspected the metering rods and changed the springs,change the accelerator plunger and spring,all new gaskets,thoroughly cleaned inside with a fine wire in all ports and nozzles,new clips on all linkae,new screen filters,reset the floats to spec, had a gummed up secondary shaft and I got that nice and free and springy again....like a brand new carb!
I forgot to get before pictures but I got some pictures after I ripped it apart and after I put it together and pictures of the top of the carb after I did my first run of polishing on it... (it did look worse than the bottom of the carb....now I have to polish the bottom half and then one more once over of polishing on the hole thing so it will not only work like new but will look like new also!.
I also have been having trouble hunting down brake parts and a torque converter so until I get those....that stuff is holding up areas of the build.
I did start putting my headers in, I got my passenger side header in and had some clearance issues at the torsion bar but I have that problem solved....now tomorrow I may move on to doing the drivers side header.
Decided I was going to run a rebuild kit through the eddy carb I picked up used from a buddy and I am glad I did....it was FULL of sand and dirt from being on a mud truck....I poured enough out to fill a spray paint cap up almost.
it went KINNDA smoothly....a jet would not budge and the soft brass chizzled away when I tried to turn it out so I figured if I was going to have to replace a set I would do all 4.
I cleaned and inspected the metering rods and changed the springs,change the accelerator plunger and spring,all new gaskets,thoroughly cleaned inside with a fine wire in all ports and nozzles,new clips on all linkae,new screen filters,reset the floats to spec, had a gummed up secondary shaft and I got that nice and free and springy again....like a brand new carb!
I forgot to get before pictures but I got some pictures after I ripped it apart and after I put it together and pictures of the top of the carb after I did my first run of polishing on it... (it did look worse than the bottom of the carb....now I have to polish the bottom half and then one more once over of polishing on the hole thing so it will not only work like new but will look like new also!.
I also have been having trouble hunting down brake parts and a torque converter so until I get those....that stuff is holding up areas of the build.
I did start putting my headers in, I got my passenger side header in and had some clearance issues at the torsion bar but I have that problem solved....now tomorrow I may move on to doing the drivers side header.
