Well, my truck stranded me for the first time yesterday, so I guess I need to start looking into what my options are for replacing the carburetor ( I am pretty sure that is my problem anyway). I have a 56 with a 235 and a Rochester carb (all original to my knowledge), though it usually starts easily, I do have problems with it stalling when I am sitting at a light and it is hot. After about a minute or so, I can hear the engine start to slow and if I don’t catch it quick enough with the throttle, it will die. With the throttle pulled a little bit, I can keep it running. The issue yesterday was that I had stopped for only about ten minutes, and when I tried to start up, I could not get it to run. I figured it just needed to sit for a few minutes (so I made my father’s day call) and gave it about 20 minutes to cool, then it fired right up. I raised the idle with the throttle knob and had no problems the rest of the day.
So, assuming my problem is the carb, what are my options for installing say a Carter? I have read several articles in here about how much better they are over the Rochester’s, but would a Carter fix my problem above? Are they still available and how will they retrofit onto my engine? I have overhauled my present carb twice in three years now, and other than some leaking at the cover, and the issues with stalling, I really can’t complain too much. I can live with most of it, just don’t want to get stranded again ( or have it happen to my wife!).
Thanks,
Lee.
