Carb leak

[russ bethel]

I started having a gasoline smell when I shut down the engine. Upon
investigation I had fuel dripping out onto the intake manifold. I found
that there should be a small gasket on the end of the filter housing that
screws into the carb. Mine was missing. I must have drooped it when I
changed the filter. I got a new gasket from The Carburetor Shop for 75
cents. I was lucky and did not have a fire.

While I was at The Carburetor Shop I priced an overhaul of my carb. They
quoted me $267 plus tax for an overhaul with a 1 year warranty.

Russ Bethel
rbethel

 

[bartz paul]

A & g Carburetor in Oak Park IL, 708-386-9804, will do it for a $100
cheaper with no tax, and furnish a spare bowl gasket and needle and seat
for your tool box.

Paul Bartz

- -----Original Message-----
From: Russ Bethel [mailto:rbethel]
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 11:54 AM
To: GMC Chat
Subject: GMC: Carb leak

I started having a gasoline smell when I shut down the engine. Upon
investigation I had fuel dripping out onto the intake manifold. I found
that there should be a small gasket on the end of the filter housing
that screws into the carb. Mine was missing. I must have drooped it
when I changed the filter. I got a new gasket from The Carburetor Shop
for 75 cents. I was lucky and did not have a fire.

While I was at The Carburetor Shop I priced an overhaul of my carb.
They quoted me $267 plus tax for an overhaul with a 1 year warranty.

Russ Bethel
rbethel

 

[ted schurman]

>
> A & g Carburetor in Oak Park IL, 708-386-9804, will do it for a $100
> cheaper with no tax, and furnish a spare bowl gasket and needle and seat
> for your tool box.
>
> Paul Bartz
>

I recently used A&G and the carburetor seems to be working fine.
Be aware that they do not take credit cards. I did not know that and
they
returned the carburetor UPS COD. UPS tried to deliver it three times
while
I was out of town and then sent it back to A&G. I finally received it
later and at double the shipping cost.
I advise you to find the the total cost and send them a check and avoid
the extra cost and confusion.
Ted

 

[gerald schmitt]

I noticed this posting and thought I might interject some comments on
Quadrajet Carburetors. When I was in school I made part of my living
rebuilding carburetors and Quadrajets were the most common.

The most common problem with QJs leaking is from the jet well seals on
the bottom of the bowl. The result is lousy idle and poor gas mileage.

To fix the jet well seal leaks the carb must come off the coach but it
does not need to be completely disassembled. All you need to do is remove
the iron base plate. This is far simpler than a complete teardown as
just a few linkages are involved. The jet well seals are lead seals
set into the bottom of the float bowl. A few taps with a light ball peen
hammer will reseal them and an epoxy coating will keep them in place.

There are a number of other QJ tricks if I can remember them and folks
are interested I will wax eloquent on this subject again.

Jerry

>>
>> A & g Carburetor in Oak Park IL, 708-386-9804, will do it for a $100
>> cheaper with no tax, and furnish a spare bowl gasket and needle and seat
>> for your tool box.
>>
>> Paul Bartz
>>
>
>
>I recently used A&G and the carburetor seems to be working fine.
>Be aware that they do not take credit cards. I did not know that and
>they
>returned the carburetor UPS COD. UPS tried to deliver it three times
>while
>I was out of town and then sent it back to A&G. I finally received it
>later and at double the shipping cost.
>I advise you to find the the total cost and send them a check and avoid
>the extra cost and confusion.
>Ted
>
>

 

[james h. & norma m. shannon]

Wax on sir !!!!!!!!!

> I noticed this posting and thought I might interject some comments on
> Quadrajet Carburetors. When I was in school I made part of my living
> rebuilding carburetors and Quadrajets were the most common.
>
> The most common problem with QJs leaking is from the jet well seals on
> the bottom of the bowl. The result is lousy idle and poor gas mileage.
>
> To fix the jet well seal leaks the carb must come off the coach but it
> does not need to be completely disassembled. All you need to do is remove
> the iron base plate. This is far simpler than a complete teardown as
> just a few linkages are involved. The jet well seals are lead seals
> set into the bottom of the float bowl. A few taps with a light ball peen
> hammer will reseal them and an epoxy coating will keep them in place.
>
> There are a number of other QJ tricks if I can remember them and folks
> are interested I will wax eloquent on this subject again.
>
> Jerry
>

> >>
> >> A & g Carburetor in Oak Park IL, 708-386-9804, will do it for a $100
> >> cheaper with no tax, and furnish a spare bowl gasket and needle and seat
> >> for your tool box.
> >>
> >> Paul Bartz
> >>
> >
> >
> >I recently used A&G and the carburetor seems to be working fine.
> >Be aware that they do not take credit cards. I did not know that and
> >they
> >returned the carburetor UPS COD. UPS tried to deliver it three times
> >while
> >I was out of town and then sent it back to A&G. I finally received it
> >later and at double the shipping cost.
> >I advise you to find the the total cost and send them a check and avoid
> >the extra cost and confusion.
> >Ted
> >
> >