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…check the replaced air lid and verify it wasn’t replaced with the Buick 750cfm version, as those have the upper idle air bleeds in the air lid….the 800cfm version(7042240) do not have them in the air lid (unless custom modified)….Good luck.

What would that do?

Please see picture.

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Quadrajet Parts and Numbers / Carb 17057258
« Last post by Hojs69 on January 12, 2026, 09:31:05 AM »
Recently bought this Quad for the better halves 73 Formula and wanted to verify it "is what it is supposed to be." Attached are few pics from the original advertisement. So far, I have only found one screw missing. Based on ID number, I believe it is off a 77' T/A, Olds 403, high altitude application.

I will be ordering a kit from Cliff very soon but wanted to be aware of anything really off or odd about it.

Thank you.
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Quadrajet Carb Talk and Tips / Re: Contemplating Pontiac 7042262 Rebuild
« Last post by SoonerD on January 12, 2026, 04:58:03 AM »
Reviving my old thread.......I'm just now getting to actually starting to rebuild the 7042262 after having disassembled it at the time this thread was started.  I will need the choke bracket as discussed above but not sure what I need to do to get it seeing as the part is not listed anywhere on the site.

I just placed order #15958 two days ago and it would be nice to get the bracket included in the shipment, and I will likely need the associated rod(s) also if they are not included in the kit I purchased.  I can pay for it however is needed.  Please et me know what I need to do.
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Quadrajet Carb Talk and Tips / Re: 7042238 What is it on the airhorn?
« Last post by SUPRCHY on January 11, 2026, 10:46:09 AM »
   I've looked at a few Cadillac carbs since I posted this both my own and on ebay. And I came to the conclusion that Cad carbs are the worst for being "rebuilt" into something else. I assume there was not the demand for them in the marketplace and most of the ones I find on ebay have been rebuilt with at the very least a chevrolet baseplate and sometimes a different airhorn as well. It appears to be difficult to find an unmolested Cadillac Qjet.
   Just FYI the one in my first picture with the button on the airhorn was drilled for HIC but did not have the valve in place. Another one I have was completely destroyed by someone drilling a hole into that cavity from the front of the airhorn an glueing a vacuum port into it.
A third one has the cavity but is not drilled for either HIC or the button. Only one of these three have a Cadillac baseplate.

Suprchy
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Quadrajet Carb Talk and Tips / Re: 7042238 What is it on the airhorn?
« Last post by Cadman-iac on January 11, 2026, 06:38:55 AM »
  I looked at a '72 Cadillac carb and it's got the same idle by-pass design in the air horn as yours does, but does not have the HIC valve in it, and the hole or passage is not drilled for it.
 I'll have to look at one of the '69 Cadillac carbs I've got and see how the HIC passage was routed.
 Thanks for pointing that out.

 Rick
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Quadrajet Carb Talk and Tips / Re: 17057231 or 17059232 on a 472
« Last post by Cadman-iac on January 11, 2026, 06:29:38 AM »
Here you go.  This is a 7041230.  You can see the POE below the Choke on the primary side, and the bleed holes that Kenth referenced on the secondary side.  The tubes from the airhorn extend directly into the float bowl.

 Wow, very interesting! They hadn't finalized the design of the top of the air horn for the POE system, it's almost like an afterthought the way it protrudes from the surface. I wonder how effective it was?

 The later system doesn't have any bleeds for the POE system that I'm aware of, just the tubes that used a restriction on one end or the other depending on the year that I've noticed.
 I have either 3 or 4 sets of the tubes from various carbs, one set is just like the secondary accelerator system, open from top to bottom with no restrictions at all. I'm guessing that the restrictions were actually the discharge ports themselves, and if memory serves, these were from this '72 carb I've got.
 Then another set was installed with the restriction located at the top inside the air horn, and another set was installed with the restriction at the bottom so it was submerged in the fuel bowl. I don't know if one or the other is correct, or if both are. How can you tell? Is there any information available on these somewhere?
  Thank you for taking the time to get pictures of that Novadude, I definitely appreciate it. So cool to see how things were developed over the years.

 Rick
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The carb is indeed stamped with the '7042240'.  As I recall, the top has been replaced at some point in the distant past.  Yes, I know the secondary linkage is weirdly bent.  (The problem was that it was dragging the choke mechanism).  It's not perfectly angled, but it does work as intended- pulls the secondaries shut at high vacuum, dashpot fully releases in about 2 seconds, & secondary air valves open.
…check the replaced air lid and verify it wasn’t replaced with the Buick 750cfm version, as those have the upper idle air bleeds in the air lid….the 800cfm version(7042240) do not have them in the air lid (unless custom modified)….Good luck.
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Quadrajet Carb Talk and Tips / Re: 17057231 or 17059232 on a 472
« Last post by novadude on January 10, 2026, 03:13:19 PM »
Here you go.  This is a 7041230.  You can see the POE below the Choke on the primary side, and the bleed holes that Kenth referenced on the secondary side.  The tubes from the airhorn extend directly into the float bowl.

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So, I understand that people are divided on rather the Pertronix is a 'good thing' or a 'bad thing'.  But my original question was about the hesitation issue (please see original posts).
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…looks like the wrong carb…every 7042240 I’ve built does not have that early style air lid…1972 455 also have a slash cut vent tube…pix#4 seems to show the secondary air valve linkage might be incorrectly adjusted….also check the front dashpot and verify it is functional.

The carb is indeed stamped with the '7042240'.  As I recall, the top has been replaced at some point in the distant past.  Yes, I know the secondary linkage is weirdly bent.  (The problem was that it was dragging the choke mechanism).  It's not perfectly angled, but it does work as intended- pulls the secondaries shut at high vacuum, dashpot fully releases in about 2 seconds, & secondary air valves open.
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