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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 20 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 20 | The carburetor off my 261 engine is rusted and in bad shape. Trying to soak it and free it up but was wondering if they still made the original style. Might be easier to buy new than recondition the one I have. Any help would be appreciated. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Well, I don't think you will find a new one easily, but there are reconditioned ones to be had in various places.
However, you might just want to try to recondition yours. The only part that is iron is the throttle base, the rest is pot metal. You might want to soak it for a while and see what comes off, you may be surprised. The reconditioned ones are of questionable quality.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,112 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,112 | Well here is my experience. If your throttle plate is stuck, no amount of soaking will help it. What you should do is remove the base and use a small torch, like a propane torch to heat around the shaft. Do not use a lot of force trying to turn it but let the heat do the job. It will free up. Then you can clean and rebuild the whole thing. The rusted base can be soaked in rust remover. They are fairly simple and work quite nicely even though they take a lot of bashing from Carter fans! | | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 920 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2004 Posts: 920 | I'm w/ truckernix. Take your time on it. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 887 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 887 | Upgrade to a progressive carb with an adaptor or a new manifold- You'll like the difference- For my money, I'd go with a cliffords manifold and a small Holley 4 bbl.
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