mopardart72
I'm a pretty big deal
where can i get a rebuild kit for one? and is it safe to take it apart and sand it down and repaint it to make it look pretty again?
carter AFB
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I just bought one at NAPA. I just took the carb # in. Mine was $35. I don't know about sanding but carb cleaner and aerosol spray does about the best job. I used a couple tooth brushes and a brass brush the size of a tooth brush.
Oh, I used a wire brush on a Dremel Tool for the linkage. Wear safety glasses cause the wires will fly out and hit you in the face. I don't know if all AFB's are magnesium instead of aluminum like the new ones. That's where the gold colored glow comes from.
mopardart72
I'm a pretty big deal
can you paint it silver or will that affect the performance?
Sure. Make sure to keep paint out of the inside. I would assemble it and take off all the linkage you don't want painted. Plug the small air passages with toothpicks. Eastwood has special paint that gas won't effect.
http://search.eastwood.com/search?w=carb+paint&p=Q&ts=custom
http://search.eastwood.com/search?w=carb+paint&p=Q&ts=custom
mopardart72
I'm a pretty big deal
sweet cuz carter makes some really good carbs and i dont have the money for a new carb mines a nasty grey i jsut want the main outside painted
heres the carb but time has worn on her so shes not pretty any more lol
heres the carb but time has worn on her so shes not pretty any more lol
66plyValiant
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edelbrock makes alot of the rebuild parts for these now, I have a later model carter AFB I believe its a 9536? I got the rebuild kit for a edelbrock, they say 1401 or so is the same for mine but you may have to talk to them about yours
169dart4y
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I have the same carb and have a lot of the line caped off like the one on the top near the fuel inlet. How about the vacume advance is off the bottom left side looking from the front. Any other lines I should be concerned with. Thanks Ted
MILO
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If its a newer carb make sure not to plug off the bowl vent
That carb would clean up easy. The old unpolished carbs like mine soak up the gunk.
Fishthatkills
Fish that kills
I have the same carb and just did a rebuild on it. The kit I bought at O'Reilly and Wagner makes it, very complete except for the floats. I brushed mine with the carb cleaner NAPA sells in a one gallon can. The small parts I could soak in the little basket that is provided. AFB stands for Aluminum Four Barrel, so it should be made of aluminum? Any way mine cleaned up like new.
John B.
John B.
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