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I'm guessing it depends on the model, how many miles are put on the car etc, but is there a guideline as to how often a carb should be rebuilt?  (Mine is coming up on 25 years and is looking a little "gooey".)

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Every weekend works well. Expensive tho.

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I don't bother     I just get another car...

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Actuallychew.gif my  nice working, no leaking,R4770 Holley had been on the big block since 1991...


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Only if it's giving you problems, or gooey on the inside when you look down the flaps.

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same sentiment unless its a carter or early rodchester then i check and clean once a year. i do lift the air horn off wash the choke

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65wagon wrote:

same sentiment unless its a carter or early rodchester then i check and clean once a year. i do lift the air horn off wash the choke


Hmmm.  So a Carter that's been untouched for 20 of it's 25 years on the car is due for a clean...

 



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03cts sport wrote:

65wagon wrote:

same sentiment unless its a carter or early rodchester then i check and clean once a year. i do lift the air horn off wash the choke


Hmmm.  So a Carter that's been untouched for 20 of it's 25 years on the car is due for a clean...

 


OH OH, now I've got "double" clean up job!! Mine have been on there since 2002,never touched them since I set them up!!! Just keep adding "GAS"

 



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Hmmm.  So a Carter that's been untouched for 20 of it's 25 years on the car is due for a clean...


Not necessarily, as long as the car has been used on a regular basis. 



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Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Hmmm.  So a Carter that's been untouched for 20 of it's 25 years on the car is due for a clean...

 

 

Not necessarily, as long as the car has been used on a regular basis. 


Whew, thanks Carl. I "mighta" run out & rebuilt both AFB's when not required!!! Too say the least, the 64 does get driven & "HARD" at times!! Nothing beats the sound of 2 afb's wide open & the exhaust just a "singing"  !!!! 7000 mi. last summer!!!

 



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if it aint broke, dont fix it.

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Thanks for the feedback all. I'll give it a clean and keep an eye on it. (I hope to be rcving a factory correct Carter in the coming weeks, so once the current carb fails, the original will go on.)

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If it's a holley, can of carb cleaner over the course of the summer, should help out. (unless it's a holley, then problems arise no matter what you do)

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