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Anyone know where I could get an Exploded view of the Carter W-1 Carburetor? Preferably the 483S or similar. I have looked everywhere bit no luck.

Thanks
Wayne

Try these links:
Carter W-1 Carburetor Manual from The Carburetor Doctor Website
A better description from the same site
There's also a decent description in the shop manual:
1947 Chevrolet Truck Shop Manual

Good luck and have fun.

Bill

http://www.easy39th.com/files/TM_9-1826A_Carburetors_(Carter)_1952.pdf

or google.

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http://www.thecarburetorshop.com/Carter_W1_service.pdf
http://www.thecarburetorshop.com/CarterChevroletW1.htm
Maybe one of these may help, jbennett

That about covers anything on the web, the last two are the most complete you will find. I have some paper work from a couple of kits I bought, but it is no where near worth looking at. The factory service papers above are much better.

What are you needing?
Here is a parts break down, http://old-carburetors.com/Chevy/pages/001-Chevy.htm , and second page, http://old-carburetors.com/Chevy/pages/002-Chevy.htm

Click ( HOME ) button at top of either page for other models.

Joe

I want to thank everyone for Your input. The information offered was excellent but regrettably still no cigar. I was looking for an Exploded view that shows all of the parts in there respective order and the particular holes they went in with at least a good representation of each that are at least recognizable so if I get confused on the rebuild I would have that as a reference and get it back together correctly.

Again Thank You Very much for your input.

Wayne

The service papers from Carter are the best you are going to find. Most of the parts only fit one way so its not really that big of a deal.

One of the problem I had with mine was fuel seeping out the plugs with the paper or copper gaskets. I tried both and after talking with Jon at The Carburetor Shop, went with blue loc-tite to cure the seeping. They have been working great sense.

The other problem I had was setting the metering rod depth with out the proper tool. It wasn't really a problem as much as it was trial and error. I finally set up a dial indicator and kept changing the setting .030" at a time till I went from lean to rich. With out the dial indicator it was just a guess, and each .030" made quit a difference in how the engine responded. I was working on two at a time since I run dual carbs, so your single may not be as sensitive as mine is. The Carburetor Shop has the tool if you are interested in them or you may find one the web if you look long enough and have the part number. If you look the two pages above I linked from Old-carburetors.com, you can find the tool number listed. You may have to go to the HOME button if the carb you have is different then the one listed. They have a bunch of others on the site.
I used the Carter part numbers for gaskets and hard parts, then searched E-bay for piece parts as I needed them. I found NOS gasket sets for Hudsons and Pontiac's used most of the same gaskets as the Chevrolet did and the old kits were only a few dollars. I also found NOS idle jet tubes for a couple bucks each.

Joe

I think you best stick with the low strength purple Loctite
38653 222. Any thing stronger than that and the next guy will
be drilling screws out in order to rebuild the carb. Most would
probably end up chucking the carb after a couple hours worth of
frustration and foul language.

Denny G

The "exploded view" can be GREATLY overrated; if one does not understand the concept of the "exploded view".

I rebuilt my first carburetor in 1960. It was a series 4000 Holley four-barrel on my 1956 Ford. My Dad got me a kit at the local auto parts store, and I proceeded to disassemble the carb.

After disassembly and a thorough cleaning, I reassembled the carb using the exploded view. AND FOUND I HAD LOST 3 PIECES! I was fairly consciencious as a kid, and couldn't believe I had lost those three pieces, but searched for a couple of days before I told my Dad. While Dad was not a carburetor expert, he was pretty good in the "dad" category. His only comment was that we would take the carb to the mechanic that did his work the coming weekend.

So Saturday arrives, and we make the 30 mile trip to the mechanic's shop (benefit of living in the boondocks of central Missouri). Dad has me describe the problem, and the mechanic laughed. Well, no kit enjoys being laughed at, and I was no exception! When the mechanic stopped laughing, he explained that he was not laughing at me; rather at the situation.

The "exploded view" is a generic view for that style of carburetor. RARELY, IF EVER, IS IT ABSOLUTELY CORRECT FOR ANY SPECIFIC CARBURETOR. The parts I had "lost" were not in my carburetor from the beginning! Then he complemented me on my work, and suggested maybe, after I got out of school, mechanics would be a good vocation (making up for the laughing).

I have seen a few of the "exploded views" with a caviat in print so fine that only a Philadephia attorney with a magnifying glass could read: "parts may vary".

In the case of the Carter W-1, Carter built 128 different. Some of the old time aftermarket kits DID contain an exploded view (generic, one size fits none); but the Carter kits did not. The Carter kits contained the Carter rebuilding literature that I have published on my website (with full authority from Carter to do so) and a bill-of-material for the carb serviced by the kit in question.

So, to sum up the above; good luck on finding an exploded view; and even better luck should you actually find one!

Jon.

you will find that a lot of times working on these old trucks that you are going to have to do a lot of the thinking on your own. Take notes, pictures, whatever. I'm hoping the reason you are asking isn't because you have torn it apart and don't remember how it went together. These things (the trucks in general) are 50-60 years old, and utilized a lot of antiquated, and at least to our modern way of thinking, bizarre engineering designs. A lot of the information has been preserved, but a lot of it is in the heads of an older generation. That is where this forum comes in handy, but even then sometimes you are just going to have to bite the bullet. We have been experiencing this at work lately, the manuals don't have any relative information. I've had to draw my own breakdowns that represent what we actually have. (I work for a public utility, and they just cannot seem to order a STANDARD item, they almost invariably "SPECIAL ORDER" some bizarre component that isn't listed in the standard breakdown.) Either way, you will figure it out eventually. But if CarbKing doesn't have the answer, it is pretty safe to say it doesn't exist. Good luck.