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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 328 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 328 | Anyone know how much it runs to have a carb rebuilt? and possibly how long it would take them? I have no idea where to start...
Also, I see a lot of "carb rebuilding kits." Am I going into this blind with one of these kits or are they very well prepared? Last, if anyone in the DFW area knows where a good, cheap, reliable place is to have this done, let me know, thanks
Stephen
oh yea, it's a Rochester 4 BBL Quadrajet | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | Contact Carbking. He is a regular on this websight & knows his stuff.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 34 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 34 | Stephen, Take a look at this: http://www.tocmp.com/manuals/Carbs/Rochester/QJet/index.htm See if it looks like something you might want to try yourself.
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 | I don't know about anywhere in Dallas. Here's a place that I found. www.carburetion.com . When I was turning wrenches I could throw a kit in a Q-jet in an hour. Since then I have learned that there's a lot that I wasn't doing. It's now an all day job for me.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 119 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 119 | $41 at the local Napa store. But this was a 1 barrel carb. off a 292 straight-six. I'ts on our C-50 dump truck. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 88 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 88 | Originally posted by bertha:
$41 at the local Napa store. Not any more. Try $150 (with core), if they can get them (at least that's the case in SoCal). Rebuild kits are $10-15 and still relatively common at most auto parts. You can barely get a good complete core off ebay for $40! | | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 328 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 328 | yup, if it's gonna be $150 to rebuild it, I might as well get a brand new edelbrock 600cfm for like 180 and that'll have a warranty...and it's new. Next question  - just how hard is it to put on a new carb? | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 88 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 88 | Just saw your "edit". My response was in relation to a Rochester 1bbl. If you've got a Q-Jet, you're not improving anything by putting an Edelbrock on. A rebuilt 750 will actually get better mileage than a new 600 Edelbrock!
Were you serious about how hard it is to install a carb? | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 119 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 119 | About my $41 bill at Napa, I forgot to mention that I know the owner (he rebuilt it). All he did is put a carb kit in it and clean it up of course. What's this "core charge" your talking about? I guess there's a big difference in price from NE Wis. to SoCal.
It was rebuilt two week ago. | | |
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