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wildcard · Post by **wildcard** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:35 am

Man, I hope nobody has as much trouble with Oreillys as I've had. Seems they know less about carbs than I do.Thought I learned my lesson getting one a few years ago. I thought a different store and different carb might be easier, After having to get a refund both times, I won't be going back for ANYTHING.

390Nut · Post by **390Nut** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:50 pm

One thing I learned a LONG time ago.

If you can't rebuild a carb yourself, and have it work, you are better off buying a NEW carb, and NOT a remanufactured one.

The people who are rebuilding those carbs are making crap wages, and tolerances and clearances go right out the window, along with any quality control. Even the "great" TOMCO carbs suck.

After going through 5 different remanned carbs straight out of the box that didnt work, I bought a brand new Holley 390cfm 2V carb, and mysteriously all my fuel problems went away.

This was about 7 or 8 years ago, but I am sure from listening to others that things haven't changed much.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:13 pm

oreilly carbs are junk. they dont check the cores for cracks they just put a kit in them and resale them.

1970F250 · Post by **1970F250** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:52 pm

junkyardjeff · Post by **junkyardjeff** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:30 pm

From what I have heard the carb rebuilders take all the carbs apart and throw every thing togather, OEM carbs are designed for specific motor sizes and what you get from a rebuilder could been from a larger or smaller motor and not work right on your specific motor. Take you carb to a local carb shop if you cant do it yourself. Jeff

BigBlue'72 · Post by **BigBlue'72** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:33 am

A carb expert is definately the way to go, but unfortunately there are so few of them around anymore. Im lucky enough in my town to have a carb guy that has been doing it for over 30 years and does great work at a reasonable price.

mrsnicks · Post by **mrsnicks** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:36 am

There's a guy that I go to who has a waiting list for carb rebuilds.. He does it all from dirt track, to short track, to the regular guy who needs a rebuild. Charges 15.00 if you bring the kit and will even do adjustments when you bring the vehicle to him at no charge after the rebuild.

He keeps saying every year that he's gonna quit... gonna hate it if he does.

Patrick

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