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Old 11-07-2010, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Matts72
You can soak it in a little Kroil or Berryman's carb cleaner, don't beat on anything, if you warp the mating surfaces it will leak really bad.

The good news is that those carbs are everywhere in junkyards - so if something gets damaged they are easy to replace cheaply.
LOL lucky enough for me, my first instinct isn't to beat it. If it doesn't come apart fairly easily I find someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong. And thats actually why I wanted to work on an old truck. I wanted to learn to wrench on something that parts can be easily and cheaply acquired.
 
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Old 11-07-2010, 11:04 PM
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Old trucks are a constant source of wrenching! I doubt I ever had a week where something wasn't requiring attention on my rigs. Now with my Jeep and Ranger, things don't give me much trouble and my tools just hang out waiting dutifully for the next repair.
 
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Its more a love of labor than a labor of love, lol
 
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Originally Posted by TrucksR4Chicks
When I took that pic the damn carb didn't have a single screw of any sort in it and that thing is still stuck together, solid like a rock style.
If its a "like a rock" thing, then no wonder something is wrong with it. wonder who put chevy parts on your truck!?

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Old 11-08-2010, 10:40 AM
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If its a "like a rock" thing, then no wonder something is wrong with it. wonder who put chevy parts on your truck!?

haha just playin
I was wondering who was going to catch that!

Seriously though, its STUCK together. No amount of my girl power will free it.
 
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Old 11-08-2010, 10:42 AM
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Not much gets past me = )

Oh you can do it! Have you soaked it yet?

Soak it, dry it, then use all the girl power you got! Without breaking it....
 
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No, that will be my next step... I highly doubt I can break it!
 
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I have faith in you.
 
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I shouldn't bother though. A new carb is probably in order. This one just looks terrible. Guess we'll see how it cleans up.
 
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Somebody had rattle canned mine before I tore it apart. Looks new and runs great now.

Heck, the Edelbrock on the 'stang was purchased from a guy in Texas for $50. Cleaned all the rust out of it, shined her up, and its been working great for the last five years.
 
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I'm gonna do that to mine, think everything is going to be pink... maybe purple. Purple would probably look better. I'll turn this into a chick forum before you know it.
 
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I cleaned all the spray paint off and you NEVER paint a carb. Im all for a chick forum as long as I get VIP access.
 
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LOL i know! I'm not going to paint my carb silly. But everything that I can hit with paint, I will.
 
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LOL i know! I'm not going to paint my carb silly. But everything that I can hit with paint, I will.
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Thats almost as bad as Levi painting the 350 in his chebby bright pink, then again it was the only way to get anybody to notice it.
 


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