carb rebuild

schillaz
schillaz Expert Adviser
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Any advice for a rookie rebuilding a carter 2b carb? Any ol'school tips or tricks

Im gonna try my first crack at it and see how many hours i can burn working on it this winter..ha

thanks

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    To be honest, make sure everything is super clean, and follow the instructions.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Walt here; Without all the correct tools you can not rebuild the carb to specs.
  • dougson
    dougson Senior Contributor
    Have to disagree with Walt here. You can rebuild these carbs but you may have to search around for the correct kit and gauges. This carb was universal on a lot of cars and most parts interchangeable. Some kits will contain the gauges needed for float height and metering rod adjustment. Cleaning the carb is essential, especially the jets and the other components. Don't loose anything. Buy up some other WGDs for extra parts and buy up rebuilding kits that are reasonably priced. I have learned that some kits contain certain parts others don't. The contents vary. The early Carters were fairly primitive and easy to work with. Now if you care to rebuild an E4ME Rochester Q-jet, that's a different ball game altogether.....:blink:
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I disagree with you. I just rebuilt a carb for a 49 Hudson 8 and a shoemaker must of done the job. Man was getting 6 to 8 miles per gallon, and hard to start with a warm engine and always a gas smell. It had the new parts, NOS, all dried out gaskets and the old style needle and seat, steel. Float was way off, accelerator pump was set to a longer stroke, metering rods were set way off. Can you tell me the measurements they are supposed to be set at and the Carter tool number along with all the jet part numbers inside the carb? I have the specs and tools needed for all make carbs and the rochester is simple to do with the correct tools which I have and all manuals for specs and settings. Other makes used this carb but only the body, parts inside were different along with the settings. Walt.
  • Jay_G
    Jay_G Expert Adviser
    I agree with Walt. Withour the correct Carter tools forget it. it will never work right. Every setting is dependent on one another. If you don't have one right everything is off. I spent many a day trying to get the carb on my 37 running right even with the right tools. I was new to it and I would miss a linkage setting by just a little and that had effects down the line.

    Get the right tools and a Carter manual that is correct for the vintage carb you are working on with clear pictures of both the tools and the correct way to use them.

    Jay
  • schillaz
    schillaz Expert Adviser
    Thanks for your guys input, I Defiantly agree you need the right tools to do any job, however one cannot have every tool, especially if im just a weekend mechanic. A great quote i heard was "just because you have a tool box doesn't make you a mechanic" well i have to do what i can and learn as i go.

    So far i have the carb parts soaking in some Chem-dip to clean them and i purchased a kit from
    the carb doctor website, the kit wasnt cheap so i hope it comes with most everything i need. If not i have several other carbs i might be able to swap some parts??

    Wish me luck, lucky for me were not even close to summer yet so i have alot of time to learn this carb....ha
  • ski4life65
    ski4life65 Expert Adviser
    If you know which tools you need, I probably have extras I can sell cheap. I have a big box of Carter tools in the shop with lots of duplicates.

    Don
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Give me the tag number and the car it's for and I'll give you the complete info of what you need, tools, and part numbers for the jets inside. Walt Mordenti
  • dougson
    dougson Senior Contributor
    I guess all I will say here is that when I was 16 I rebuilt a Carter WCFB with tools I found in my dad's shop. Years later I put it on my first car, a '55 Pontiac Starchief. Ran great.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    The man has all the time he needs. Sure can't learn if you don't try. I give him a lot of credit. Taking pictures of the linkage might help on reassembly.
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