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CarburetorsCarb discussion and questions. Upgrading your Third Gen's carburetor, swapping TBI to carburetor, or TPI to carburetor? Need LG4 or H.O. info? Post it here.
In all reality, if you are mechanically inclined a little, you could probably rebuild yours yourself. On youtube there is a good video by G-body Garage showing him doing one. I pulled mine off my truck and did it myself with good results.
If you are not comfortable doing it yourself, look up Quadrajetpower.com He is a member on the squarebody truck forum I frequent.
It's always better, in my experience, to rebuild your own or have one "custom" rebuilt by a local or knowledgeable shop. The problem with "reman" carbs is not that they aren't correctly rebuilt, it's that they (most of the time) will not match your application *exactly* as factory equipped. That is to say they probably will not have the exact same jets and metering rods. This is because they typically don't change that stuff when they "reman" the carb. They just rebuild it on the assumption that it's correct for the application they sent out. This is becoming more and more common the older they are and the number of times they are sent back as "cores". Same situation with reman steering gear boxes. You might order one assuming you will get the same ratio but often you will not.
Agree, always rebuilt and keep original parts. ie carbs., alternators, starters and transmissions. It keeps all calibrations, part numbers and looks correct. If you replace keep your original core for any references. Have had many people bring a reman. product only to have me fix the original and have them return the reman. for less money. Sometimes the carb. is not the problem and the fix is something else causing the condition.
Joe
Yeah Me To But His Turnaround Time For Rebuilds Is 12 Weeks.
12 weeks? how is that even a thing?
The first time i rebuilt one of these, taking my time, it took me about 2 hours!
do it yourself mate, its not that hard and the instructions that come with the kits are pretty good. There are a bunch of internet videos too if you get stuck.
I run an autoline reman and it seems to work pretty well.
The advantage of the reman carb, for me, was because I was total noob to carbs and I wanted a 'bolt on' carb to replace the existing carb, which I thought had been slightly butchered.
This meant the reman arrived with all the little adjustment blanking plates removed, new throttle bushings, sealed well-plugs and a choke (which my carb didn't have). It just made it easier for me to work with.
That said, the advice posted above is completely valid. If I'm honest, I don't really know exactly what's inside that carb compared to my original, even if the correct number is stamped on the side. Also, all the throttle linkages have gone rusty really quickly, I'm guessing because the original coating (?) has been cleaned off.
I've since had to open the carb to replace the new TPS with the TPS from the old carb, and while I was at it, I swapped over the accelerator pump too - squeezing both the new and old components, showed the original components were still of a higher quality than the cheaper pattern parts used by autoline.
Having opened up the carbs, I'm no longer that intimidated by them (they're really not that complicated to work with) and if I was in that situation again I'd probably have had a go at re-building my original.
So, it's swings and roundabouts really. Re-building your original is probably a good idea, but if you need or want a 'bolt-on' solution the autoline will probably be fine.
if you decide to rebuild, there's a thread around here somewhere with some pics and helpful info. If your throttle bushings are worn out, it may be easier to go with a reman-provided they assure you that new bushings are present. A drill press or special auger is needed to replace them.
For a ccc-qjet, the innards are pretty much standard across the board, or close enough so that most any ccc-qjet can be set atop any stockish motor.
Cliff built my CCQjet for me. Super awesome guy and great to talk to. he has no problems talking you through setting up your carb once you get it back from him. He's also written several books on the subject that you can read if you wish. Was about a 3 week turn around from me sending him the carb and him getting it back to me.
