Carburetor Rebuild - Took about 2 1/2 hours.
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11/24/2005 While the engine is being rebuilt, I am preparing all the parts needed for the assembly. Since the Carburetor was dirty and I don't know what shape it is in, I decided to rebuild it as well. (like others I have no idea when the last time it was rebuilt) I asked around and most agree that Ron's carburetor kit is the best. Here are the components that come in the kit.
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11/24/2005 My father had done this on his 43 GPW, so he lead the project today. We dismatled each section and cleaned in bucket with brake cleaner. You can see how dirty this was. I knocked off the majority of the grime with a tooth brush
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11/24/2005 These surgical clamps are very handy in removing the very small clips that hold the linkage together. The small springs and clips are a challenge to keep from taking off.
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11/24/2005 I inspected the tender float, and cleaned it up with the other parts before we started the rebuilding.
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11/24/2005 We started with the bottom section, and replaced the brass plug and cleaned the inlet jet.
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11/24/2005 The middle section has all a number of plugs and gaskets to replace. Pretty simple, just remove the old, and replace with the new.
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11/24/2005 One of the plugs has a strainer, you can see how dirty the old one was compared to the new one.
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11/24/2005 We finished the second section within about an hour and a half of starting. Nothing difficult, just lots of cleaning, and replacing.
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11/24/2005 There a number of sources to use as guidelines since the rebuild kit does not give instructions. We used the TM book as our guideline. If I was to do this alone I would have followed the steps in the All American Wonder Volume 1 book. It has a step by step instructions there.
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11/24/2005 The Float section is a little challeging. The pins and floats and linkage went in ok, but when we tried to flip it over to section 2, the washers and pins will fall out on their own. so you need to be careful when putting this piece on.
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11/24/2005 After placing our gasket on, we installed the float assembly. Like many others, we used a 3/8in. drill to measure the float distance.
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11/24/2005 The plunger needed a little filing as it had rough edges and needed to move freely within the carb. After shaving some the rough edges, it moved freely.
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11/24/2005 In the kit, the throttle connecting rod was slightly shorter than the original. The shape was a little different as well. I chose to clean up the original and use it. I will save the new one for another time
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11/24/2005 Section 2 completed, everything in its place, just need to screw in the top piece and we are complete.
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11/24/2005 We replaced all of the final springs with some needle nose pliers and screwed in the final section. Looks good and now is ready for installation
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