Thursday, March 7, 2013

Holly Two Barrel Carburetor


Here's an update for the carb rebuild.
I have acquired the kit for the Holly 2 barrel on the van engine and I'm ready to start. Barring any bad weather I will be pulling it Saturday. I want to do this as a step by step photo shoot so I will have the results posted by Sunday night.
I know carburetors ore an old technology and no one is probably interested but I still think there is a lot of useful info that can be passed down just in case of the zombie apocalypse. All joking aside I know there are more than a few engines that still use this quaint fuel system. One of which is the generator, which also needs to be rebuilt. I need to get the engine info before I can order it.
The principles are the same, the equipment is different. Just something that's good to know. Remember the higher the technology gets the more susceptible it is to failure. My engine may sputter and backfire because of a faulty part but I can get it running good enough to get me where I need to go whereas if my computer fried I'm up the creek.
Don't get me wrong, I love tech, I play with all sorts of high tech gadgets. I just want to be self sufficient.

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