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Rochester carb manual
Here’s nearly three thousand pages of specifications, parts lists and service procedures for every Rochester carburetor from 1932 to 1980:
It’s a little hard to navigate, but within this collection are all the specs and part numbers for every Rochester carb for five decades, including all the muscle car era. Now you can settle that […]
Carburetor Finishes - Cleaning and Chromating
Before refinishing a carburetor, you’ve got to get it clean. In my shop (The Carburetor Doctor), I have several methods for cleaning and prepping, depending on what we’re dealing with. Let’s say you have a typical, reasonable condition, not-seized muscle car Holley or Rochester Quadrajet. The bodies of these carbs are green chromate-finished […]
Correct Carburetor Finishes - Cast Iron, Zinc, Aluminum
Being in the carburetor business, I get asked about refinishing carburetors quite often.
I have learned that there are a lot of misconceptions out there about the finishes on carburetor parts, so I’ll take a stab at clearing things up a bit.
There are three main materials of which carburetors are made: cast iron, zinc and aluminum. […]
How to convert a Rochester carb to electric choke
A lot of Rochester carburetors came originally equipped with a hot air choke, in which heated air from the exhaust or intake manifold is used to open the automatic choke as the engine warms up. There is a metal tube from the manifold leading into the carburetor choke housing. Inside the choke housing […]
Secret service information
IMPORTANT
THE CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT ARE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND ARE NOT TO BE TRANSMITTED TO ANY UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
This is from a 1939 edition of a Rolls Royce service manual, just posted on The Old Car Manual Project.
Not quite open source, I would say…
How to identify a Rochester 2-Jet (2G) carb
Here’s a typical question I’m asked regularly:
I am trying to get a carb kit for the following Rochester 2bbl and can not find the number in the latest Rochester parts book at the local NAPA store. The carb has the following info.
On the top of the bowl it has………..GM […]
1954 Lincoln vs. 1955 Lincoln oil pump
Here’s one from a TOCMP reader for which I haven’t got an answer:
Tech question for 1955 Lincoln with 341 engine. Having problems mounting the oil pump to the block. I notice from your manual that the 55 has a different oil pump number than the 54. It […]
