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Dropped $300 on a rebuilt carburetor and it ran worse than the old one
Bought a remanufactured Rochester Quadrajet from a parts store and my '68 Camaro started surging and dying at every stoplight. Took it to an old school mechanic and he said the float was set wrong from the factory. Anyone had luck rebuilding carbs themselves instead of buying remans?
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max80816d agoMost Upvoted
Honestly, "crank 'em out without checking anything critical" is exactly right. I bought a reman Edelbrock for my old pickup and the float was so far off it was dumping gas on the ground through the vent tube. Ngl, after that I rebuilt the original one myself with a kit and a YouTube video, ran perfectly for years.
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pat36012d ago
My '69 C10 had the same problem with a reman Quadrajet from a chain store. The float was so high the fuel was just pouring out the vents. I ended up spending more time trying to get that thing to run right than it woulda taken to just rebuild the original. Those reman places have a fixed quote system, they rush through them to hit numbers. I watched a few YouTube vids and rebuilt my original Rochester in my driveway with a $40 kit, set everything to factory specs with a float gauge, and it fired right up. Its not hard if you have the right tools and take your time.
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the_wendy16d ago
Bet you that mechanic was right about the float setting... those reman places just crank 'em out without checking anything critical. Did he actually fix it by adjusting the float or did you end up having to tear into it yourself?
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