Carb kit for '50 Commodore eight?

keithfullmeryahoocom

Anybody around here selling the kits for the Commodore eight?  Anticipating needing all the gaskets, needles, valves, springs and everything else that goes flying across the garage when it is dismantled.  Hopefully a diagram for dummies is included...keith

Jon B

Presumably you feel confident enough to tackle this job, but be aware that there are places like Daytona Parts (in Fla.) who will do the entire job and return the carb to you looking brand new (they even plate the parts). They know exactly what to do and I was delighted to get a "new" carb for my '37, one which would no longer stall me at a stoplight on a hot day, or fail to get me going in the winter!

keithfullmeryahoocom

Thanks, Ken.  Shoulda just looked on your resource list.

Thanks for the tip Jon.  But I should be able to handle the carb rebuild.  Unless there is something about the WDO that makes it more difficult than the brand x's I can plow my way through.   

When I am capable of performing rebuild/restore work I like to.  There will be plenty of work that I will have to farm out, but doing my own  stuff when I can,  makes me feel more like a partner with my car.  It also helps me to "fix" some of the things that go wrong when out on the road.

PAULARGETYPE

I ALSO SELL KITS FOR ALL HUDSON CARS AND TRUCKS THERE ALL GASOHOL FRIENDLY AND THEY COME WITH NEW IMPROVED FLOAT VALVES THE KITS IS $55 EACH + SHIPPING AROUND $2.50 I HAVE THEM FOR ALL CARTER CARBS W1 ,WA1 WGD,WDO,WCFB FROM 32 TO 57 

I ALSO HAVE THE HEAT SHIELD/DRIP PLATES SINGLE BARREL (LIKE THE HORNET) AND 2 BARREL FOR THE WDO AND WGD 

I ALSO CARRY THE GASKET STACKS THAT GO UNDER THE CARB THERE SHOULD BE 4 UNDER THE HEAT SHIELD AND 4 ABOVE THE HEAT SHIELD THESE ARE A MUST SO YOU DO NOT HAVE OR GET VAPOR LOCK