can someone help me???
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Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Edmonton, Ab
can someone help me???
I have a 1979 F-250 with a 351M 2150 Carb(original)
Problem is I am 3 hours from where my truck is and can't get a rebuilt kit without the tag number I am told.......Is this true and how can I get around this?
Problem is I am 3 hours from where my truck is and can't get a rebuilt kit without the tag number I am told.......Is this true and how can I get around this?
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From: Austin, TX
The trouble is, for any given year/model/engine, there are still a few different carburetor setups and calibrations that would have been manufactured. You may be able to get something close by just having your truck's information, but to get an exactly matched rebuild kit, you ultimately need to have the tag numbers to have the kit cross referenced. The risk here is that if you get a kit that you think is close and you open it up, try it out, and it doesn't work, you can't return it. Pretty cut and dry here.
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From: Edmonton, Ab
well.....I was in at Napa and they had the kits in stock but didn't have the tag # with me......Would have saved me ordering it but better safe then sorry....I have four of them all in about the same shape, might of got lucky and got the right one but I never seem to have good luck that way....Thanks anyway...
