Carb refurbished

Post by: **shaun** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:41 am

Just finished refurbing carbs

Post by: **shaun** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:45 am

Just waiting for correct bolts for choke mechanism casing

Post by: **Rob P** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:26 am

Nice job, they look almost too good to fit on the car :-)

Post by: **Certified Lotus** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:34 am

Nice! How did you clean them? Solvents or soda blast?

Post by: **shaun** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:59 am

Carbs are stripped down completely
All threads are checked and cleaned
Vapour blasted then ultra sonic cleaned
All mild steel fittings re zinc coated
Built up with new sealed bearings , gaskets and o rings
Another set nearly finished

Post by: **gjz30075** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:30 pm

Were they working before the refurb?

Post by: **shaun** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:51 pm

Not quite sure but we?re full of crud and had the float heights set to the more modern plastic floats than original brass

Post by: **Europatc** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:40 pm

Good job that man

Post by: **7skypilot** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:44 am

What an excellent job!

Could you advise on spindle bearing replacement?

I have some carbs to refurb: two pairs of 40 -32's and -151's and a pair of 45 -13's. The -32's have the traditional leather washer to seal the spindle bearings; was it a reasonably straightforward job to replace these bearings with sealed ones? I appreciate that removing the spindle can be a bear of a job...

Thanks, Don

Post by: **Chrispy** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:02 pm

That looks beautiful! Makes me jealous.

Post by: **blindfingers** » Thu May 10, 2018 5:15 pm

What fluids did you use for the vapor and ultrasonic cleanings?
I have a small ultrasonic cleaner and tried mineral spirits but I'm not seeing those results. Not even close.

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