Carburetor Rebuilding, Repairs, Cleaning, and Parts
This is a beauty! A 50+ year-old NOS Stromberg WW 272A carburetor I recently sold. This was a museum quality piece that I used to document the WW for future renew projects.
It is remarkable that after all these years it was just bouncing around and never installed. Nonetheless, it served my purpose well
I understand it is now mounted on a 66 Coronet – sweet!
The brown Holley carburetor gasket is the old style from a never-opened NOS carb renew kit.
And while the gasket looks great (amazingly so) these brown gaskets are a pain to remove. So… I am matching this old one with its modern non-stick (blue) replacement to make life easier – for everyone. Details matter…
Look at the differences of the inside bevel…
On the left is a genuine Holley jet – the right is aftermarket crap.
Rest assured; I only use original equipment (OE) jets on all carburetor renew projects.
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Yup – that’s weed stuffed in the vent tube of this Holley List# 6299 carburetor.
Perhaps List# 420 makes more sense!
You just can’t make this stuff up…
A before & after picture of a Stromberg WW 272 carburetor recently renewed.
These carbs have great throttle response and tip-in and are a solid replacement for most one-barrel (and two) carbs up to about 200HP.
This is a brand new Edelbrock 1901 AVS2 Thunder carburetor with a gnarly secondary booster.
They are great to work with, and an exchange is being processed, but this is a great reminder to inspect everything, even brand-new parts.
Details matter.
Look at the cool fuel discharge nozzle sheet-metal retainer on this Holley 4180C (Ford) carburetor (List 50264-1).
Nice piece, but can you see that the nozzle itself was installed upside down?! Yup, that little hole underneath the bolt head should be pointing downward.