Love this kind of thing. The days of an 18 year old needing to know this stuff are gone, but for enthusiasts like us who share the same D.O.B as the cars, it's such good gear to know. I can rebuild the Rochester easily enough while my mates son twiddles his laptop. Different, but same. Thanks Pete, great upload. Hope you and yours are all going along OK.
I use onr of those magnetic trays when tearing down carbs. Helps keep all the tiny clips, checkballs, screws etc together. I must have half dozen spread about the garage, I did so many.
Hey Peter, I'm interested to know why you are going down the Hydroblasting route. The money you've spent on doing this you could have easily brought yourself a large high quality ultrasound cleaner that will give you decades of service, and you wouldn't have to worry about it damaging delicate components. I've being using ultrasound cleaners in watchmaking for many years, and even the finest and most delicate parts are not damaged by this process, and come out looking like new. The mistake many people make with ultrasound cleaners is that they buy a cheap nasty chinese unit, that you can't control the solution temp or the sound amplitude on, and then wonder why the results are poor. But by investing a few dollars more, you'll get a unit that does the job properly and will last decades.
Hi, yes you certainly make sense... the hydroblaster I use is very reasonable and great for pretty much all item sizes. Hydroblasting doesn't remove material it kind of 'peens' it in the cleaning process and leaves a lovely smooth surface that's very easy to keep clean. Some of the items I've had cleaned would take an awful lot longer in an ultrasonic cleaner as well... I guess I prefer to sub out the cleaning gigs and just my preferred method. Cheers and thanks.
Never been much on motorcraft or quadrajet carbs i would rather have a Holley 4160 or a Edelbrock. They are just too much of a compromise and never seem to do any one thing well.
Love this kind of thing. The days of an 18 year old needing to know this stuff are gone, but for enthusiasts like us who share the same D.O.B as the cars, it's such good gear to know. I can rebuild the Rochester easily enough while my mates son twiddles his laptop. Different, but same. Thanks Pete, great upload. Hope you and yours are all going along OK.
Thanks Dave, I will finish them later this week and upload it, cheers.
Thanks Peter and appreciate you showing when things don’t always go right.
Magic like this requires a wand! Awesome stuff Peter.
Left hand thread on that top shaft.
I'd never do this as there's tòo many bits and then when something breaks I don't have a lathe. Gòod to see you enjoyed it.
These are pretty simple carburettors and the broken bit extracted very well, cheers and thanks.
Great instructional video thank you very much Peter. Can you do a series on the Motorcraft 4300 from start to finish?
There's another chapter coming up later this week, cheers.
I use onr of those magnetic trays when tearing down carbs. Helps keep all the tiny clips, checkballs, screws etc together. I must have half dozen spread about the garage, I did so many.
Yes, that was one tool I always meant to buy but never did...
Hi Peter , what was the name of the place again that you use for plating these days?
Peter what's the ID on the carb? Located on the left front corner of the baseplate
Nice break down.
Shame about that broken screen in the shaft
'broken screw'
All good Adrian, the broken thread extracted very easily, cheers.
What are the plans for this carb??
One's off to Canada and the other will live here, cheers.
Hey Peter, I'm interested to know why you are going down the Hydroblasting route. The money you've spent on doing this you could have easily brought yourself a large high quality ultrasound cleaner that will give you decades of service, and you wouldn't have to worry about it damaging delicate components. I've being using ultrasound cleaners in watchmaking for many years, and even the finest and most delicate parts are not damaged by this process, and come out looking like new. The mistake many people make with ultrasound cleaners is that they buy a cheap nasty chinese unit, that you can't control the solution temp or the sound amplitude on, and then wonder why the results are poor. But by investing a few dollars more, you'll get a unit that does the job properly and will last decades.
Hi, yes you certainly make sense... the hydroblaster I use is very reasonable and great for pretty much all item sizes. Hydroblasting doesn't remove material it kind of 'peens' it in the cleaning process and leaves a lovely smooth surface that's very easy to keep clean. Some of the items I've had cleaned would take an awful lot longer in an ultrasonic cleaner as well... I guess I prefer to sub out the cleaning gigs and just my preferred method. Cheers and thanks.
Never been much on motorcraft or quadrajet carbs i would rather have a Holley 4160 or a Edelbrock. They are just too much of a compromise and never seem to do any one thing well.