thermoquad???

[abodyjoe]

so the original carb from my LRE is a mess. i've rebuilt them in the past but this needs bu this needs more of sa pro to rebuild it.. any recommendations of who to send it to or where buy one rebuilt already?

its a 9773S


thanks


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[HemiSSDart]

Only one place I use...

Carburetor Restoration - Scott Smith

 

[abodyjoe]

whats the turn around time? whats he charge? ball park? i don't need a show piece, just a rebuild..

 

[6pk2goDemon]

Why not send it to @RustyRatRod He's done quite a few for members here...

Thermoquad Teardown and Reassembly How To

 

[abodyjoe]

didn't realize he doing them

 

[R4Sedan]

Joe, looks like he charges $399

 

[rumblefish360]

Joe, there not hard to rebuild. Just take to throughly clean and be careful of the center section.

 

[abodyjoe]

Joe, there not hard to rebuild. Just take to throughly clean and be careful of the center section.

yea i did the one on my old LRE a few times.. this one is so crudded up i'm afraid of not being able to get it clean enough.

 

[65-440]

Harms will go through that thing top to bottom and will be perfect. $399 is a good deal considering

 

[CudaJunction]

rrr now thats funny.

 

[AJ/FormS]

399, oh man I've been giving my time away,

 

[Bulldozer]

Joe , buy you a kit , tear it apart , soak that ***** good, blow everything out with compressed air, slap that thing back together and run it. ----- or ------ get yourself a brand new 1406 and toss that thing in a box so it can't burn your truck to the ground

 

[rumblefish360]

Joe, Is that a small primary TQ?

 

[rustycowll69]

I charge 225 plus parts. Be aware that different jets and rods are hard to come by. You might be able to do it successfully yourself, maybe. Be careful to not soak it very long in harsh cleaners, and never soak the plastic bowl in anything harsher than mild solvent. I "mellow out" fresh solvent with ATF.

 

[Jadaharabi]

750 - 800 CFM DODGE REBUILT CARB CARBURETOR | eBay

CARTER THERMOQUAD CARBURETOR | eBay

A couple of rebuilt carb on e bay.
Summit has rebuilt ones for about $300. SUM 210232

Summit Racing® Remanufactured Thermoquad Carburetors

 

[rustycowll69]

750 - 800 CFM DODGE REBUILT CARB CARBURETOR | eBay

CARTER THERMOQUAD CARBURETOR | eBay

A couple of rebuilt carb on e bay.
Summit has rebuilt ones for about $300. SUM 210232

s-link appears to be missing on one of them

 

[rustycowll69]

s-link is backwards on the second one. sec. air door spring tension lock is chewed up also. just saying.

 

[Jadaharabi]

s-link is backwards on the second one. sec. air door spring tension lock is chewed up also. just saying.

Good eye. I totally missed the s link missing. Wasn't inspecting them close enough.

 

[rustycowll69]

Harms will go through that thing top to bottom and will be perfect. $399 is a good deal considering

I'd have to agree if that includes new kit, choke pulloff, floats, AND fresh plating, too.

 

[rustycowll69]

Good eye. I totally missed the s link missing. Wasn't inspecting them close enough.

the s-links are easy to find, and easy to replace, but it makes you wonder what is hidden, and how conscientious the rebuilder was.

 

[65-440]

I'd have to agree if that includes new kit, choke pulloff, floats, AND fresh plating, too.

And they re-bush the throttle shafts !

 

[rigger3006]

ken manley, check him out on facebook

 

[replicaracer43]

Just say NO to any mass rebuilt type carburetor. The thermo quad in particular, has numerous plated parts, and they should be properly replated during a rebuild, not something that can really be done at home

 

[rustycowll69]

Just say NO to any mass rebuilt type carburetor. The thermo quad in particular, has numerous plated parts, and they should be properly replated during a rebuild, not something that can really be done at home

I agree. Years ago, I once walked thru a "rebuild" shop on Capitol Hill in Seattle. They litterally had a pile of parts, a foot and a half high, of Rochester 2bbl parts. Must have been twenty carbs all mixed up.There was a guy sitting at a bench grabbing parts one by one trying to assemble some Frankenstein carburetors.

 

[abodyjoe]

well i should be getting it back today. looks like the snow storm delayed shipping a day..

i didn't send it to harms because it was gonna take 8+ weeks to get it back. i didn't want to wait till the end of april. plus i really don't need a show quality carb for this truck..

i sent it to ohio to a guy highly recommended by a good friend. its called vintage muscle car parts, Vintage Muscle Car Parts

talked with the guy on the phone and was comfortable with him and he was about $100 cheaper then harms. like i said i don't need a show carb. if i was going show i'd go harms...

anyway he finished it up the other day. said it was a mess. secondaries were seized shut and hard to get apart. put new brass floats in it.. the primary shaft needed to be bushed and it was just basically corroded everywhere. after all it had been sitting since 1994 with no protection really..

hopefully fedex will drop it off today (tracking says its out for delivery). its been test run on a motor already so there should be no surprises. he said just basic adjustments like any other carb would need..

next i have to slap it on. do something with that exhaust manifold and see if it will move under its own power.. getting excited now..