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Are Remanufactured Carbs Always This Crappy?

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Here's a good example. I recently fixed a new reman carb that was a numbers matching unit for a '69 Chevelle SS396 and would barely run. Here are some of things wrong with it: No side manifold vacuum fitting (huge vacuum leak), no upper idle air bleeds (mismatched air horn), no secondary fuel nozzle tubes, missing choke linkage spring, secondary throttle plates AND air valve only opened about 75%, worn and loose primary throttle shaft, many throttle plate screws loose, float level way low, too rich primary jets, too lean secondary metering rods, and more. It had been sandblasted and main body painted but primary jets were blasted too and very rough. The air horn and likely the base plate were not matched to this main body. A disaster from the word go.

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