Recent content by Zaggart

Thank you! That gives me a place to start.

Can someone tell me what the official term for each of these carb springs is? Mine are crusty and gross (that's not my pic below, those look great) and I'd like to replace them. Can't find them in the service manual or via Google. I'm seeing throttle and carb return springs but nothing is...

Might be a good idea to replace the rubber gasket from the neck into the tank at the same time if it's old too.. I ended up having to do mine with a full tank. It spilled enough that I don't recall much from that afternoon but it was fun at the time :D

I'd eventually like to participate in the 4th of July parade around here but have the same stop-and-go temp creep concerns. I couldn't find a shroud either so the last thing on my long list I did was to switch to a 6 blade fan and put one of these universal units on. I used extra rubber...

Perfect, "thundermingo" (I love these Chinese company names) it is then, thanks! Do you guys run spacers on these also or should a properly working simple 2bbl not make additional heat problems?

Awesome info all, thanks. Not looking for any performance increase necessarily, beyond eliminating the rough idle we narrowed down to the carb in hot weather. I'll check out the Stromberg and Autolite mentioned in your thread too. Had no idea on throttle bores either so that's good to know.

The time has come to replace my Carter 2bbl 4608S as it won't hold a tune after a rebuild and is failing a vacuum test according to my trusted mechanic. Is the general idea that you can swap any 2bbl with another 2bbl? (Identical bases, etc.?) If anyone can weigh in here I don't have the...

Is this one legit? Need to buy 6 though.. Red's New and Good Used Tires

That looks great!

After a full two weeks for the engine enamel and 7 days for the VHT black I used on the manifolds, I did the VHT instructions for idling/curing and everything still looked great. Then I went for an hour drive last night and noticed that some of the enamel had burned (?) off near the two open...

Oh absolutely, will do. Got about a week left to wait. :) I have to say it looks pretty darn ok for being a brush-on. I replaced the water pump and a few other things so I had a hodge podge of chipped or unpainted surfaces. Now I can look at it and think, "yup, that's definitely an engine".

Thank you! I've been Google searching all morning. That's perfect.

Hey All, I see a number of threads with various paints folks have used to match the Chrysler red on the 318's but it all seems to be aerosols. Does anyone know of a can/pint of red engine paint that matches well enough? The plan is to do a full resto once I retire but for now the "craigslist...

And I almost had a catastrophe right out of the gate as I was warming up to check transmission fluid and noticed my upper radiator hose doing this. Yikes. I guess the cap just wasn't on quite right.

The rest.. I have a soft spot for the 74 Hang 10 Dart. The upholstery and orange shag carpet really speaks to me LOL.