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Old May 9, 2008 | 04:54 AM
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Car: 1986 Trans Am
Engine: 350 4BBL
Transmission: T5
Axle/Gears: 3.70
Tool's for rebuild?

Gonna attempt to rebuild my carb this weekand on my own, is there any special tool I should get to make the job easier or will just common tool's do the job?
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Old May 9, 2008 | 11:58 AM
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
What kind of carb?
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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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Car: 1982 Trans-Am
Engine: 355 w/ ported 416s
Transmission: T10, hurst shifter
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt, true-trac, 3.73
Re: Tool's for rebuild?

Stock q-jet right?

Make sure you have the torx bits. T8 and T15 and T20 to be specific.
Make sure you have a small flat blade screwdriver bit, like eyeglass repair size.
You'll need a small allen key, maybe 1/8" or so. The last two I mentioned there are for adjusting the air valve tension.

Grab the "carburetor adjusting tool" from Napa, $11 or so. You'll use the "double D" bit on that for adjusting your idle mixture (if it's a non-cc model, probably won't need it if it's a CC model).

carb dip, can of compressed air... Maybe digital calipers to measure your power piston height....
Wide flat blade screwdriver, to remove the jets. Gotta be the widest one you have.
A 1/8" pin punch is handy for removing the acc pump linkage, although I rigged up a bent nail to do the trick...
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:27 PM
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Car: 2000 SS, M6
Engine: Modified LS1
Transmission: T-56
Axle/Gears: 3.42
Re: Tool's for rebuild?

Awww, you got it all wrong! You forgot the most important tool:

Beer!

Don't forget extra gaskets, and hoses. You might end up splitting hoses
during removal.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 02:32 PM
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Re: Tool's for rebuild?

Opps sorry guy's it's a holly 600 double pumper.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
Pretty much standard tools - 1" combo wrench and feeler gage is about as complicated as it gets.

Ditto the dip-type carb cleaner & compressed air. If you don't have access to an air compressor, the spray can carb cleaner with the nozzle tube can be used to blow out passages after soaking.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 12:30 PM
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Re: Tool's for rebuild?

OH! Then forget everything I wrote.
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