"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
05/26/2016 at 15:26 • Filed to: None
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"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
05/26/2016 at 15:26 • Filed to: None | 4
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Heya,
Some good and bad news, Baby’s first carb rebuild went pretty O.K. all things considered.
Before:
After:
Still need to paint some linkages, but she works, and I started the car for the first time this year. Also gotta wire an electric choke.
Got the dash back together, but I gotta dive back in and work on the plug that runs to the headlight switch, I am not getting a good connection. Bought some supplies.
the bad:
Trying to remove the exhaust manifolds today. Need I say more? Got the headers sandblasted and primed. Still need to paint them. Not that it matters much at this point because the manifolds are a process in frustration. Not really sure if I should heat up the engine by running it, or just continue with the PB blaster and maybe jack the engine up an inch to give myself room to work. I really didn’t expect this to be this involved.
Party-vi
> My bird IS the word
05/26/2016 at 15:35 |
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daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn son.
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> My bird IS the word
05/26/2016 at 15:50 |
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I’m pretty sure you just bought a new carb.
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My bird IS the word
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
05/26/2016 at 16:13 |
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haha this stuff is awesome:
http://www.eastwood.com/carb-renew-2.h…
CammedCTSV
> My bird IS the word
05/26/2016 at 17:47 |
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Please toss that quadrajunk and get an Edelbrock or Holley
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My bird IS the word
> CammedCTSV
05/26/2016 at 17:55 |
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ok, I will go spend 600$ I don’t have on a carburetor that will throw off my hood scoop alignment even though this one works perfectly fine ;)
sdwarf36
> My bird IS the word
05/26/2016 at 22:17 |
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10 stars for evapo-rust.
Bandit - destroyed his car
> My bird IS the word
06/06/2016 at 13:37 |
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Just saw this. Yeah... never try to take the exhaust off of the 400 (which I think is what you have?), the proper way to do it is remove the motor mount bolts and hoist up the engine a few inches. A real pain in the ass. Also if you ever do what CammedCTSV said, it isn’t hard to make a custom bracket using an aftermarket air filter to relocate the scoop while retaining the shaker function. Finally, beautiful job with the carb. Looks new!
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My bird IS the word
> Bandit - destroyed his car
06/06/2016 at 15:20 |
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Got the 403, but the solution is the same. I’m not going to bother if I can’t even get the front bolts off. Bought some kroil , if that doesn’t work, gonna give that 50/50 Atf/ acetone mix a try. If that fails, I'm paying someone.
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Bandit - destroyed his car
> My bird IS the word
06/07/2016 at 12:24 |
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Not going to lie, I had an exhaust leak where the headers attached to the heads and got so fed up with working on them I paid a shop to do it. Only the second time I’ve had work done by someone who isn’t me.
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My bird IS the word
> Bandit - destroyed his car
06/07/2016 at 20:47 |
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To quote Clint Eastwood, “a man needs to understand his limitations”. There is a certain amount of headache I'm just not willing to put up with. Thanks for your compliments on the carb though.