Am in the process of rebuilding the carb on my 1948 226 flathead.

Need rebuild instructions with settings.

Your assistance will be greatly appreciated

Charles

 

Welcome to FTE!

If this is your carb, this book is what you need.

It's a PDF file which I'm having trouble attaching to this post. But if that's what you need, I'll send it to to as an email attachment. Send me a PM with your email address.

 

It's online here: http://www.oldcarmanualproject.com/m...rbs/index.html
but the site seems to be down at the moment.

 

The shop manual also has an entire section on rebuilding the carb. The shop manual are being reproduced and there's always an original showing up on eBay. You really need a shop manual if you're going to work on these old trucks.

 

I have had to start setting the float about 1/4 to 3/8 inch down from where the shop manual says. The modern gas with alcohol is less dense than 1950s leaded and boils at a lower temperature. That combination leads to the fuel bowl being overfull and gas dripping down inside the carburetor when the engine sits being heat soaked (like when you first shut the engine down). This will cause flooding and hard starting problems when you turn off the engine and want to restart it within about 5 to 30 minutes.

 

Actually, the site worked for me... but it's this book:
Holley 847 - The Old Car Manual Project

 

I much appreciate all the information that you all have provided.

The carb I am re-working is on a '48 flathead Ford 226, mounted in a Ford 8N Tractor!

The tractor is a rare Funk conversion, one of only 1500 ever made back in the 50s.

Thanks again for you help and will continue to check in with this forum, Charles in MO.

 

You are a lucky dog. Good luck with your restoration.