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hanging out on the family farm in nebraska and my brother's old chevy dump truck is having carburetor issues.

i am having some difficulty identifying the carburetor and was hoping someone could shed some light on the subject.

it is a 1965 chevrolet c-50 dump truck with a 292. the carburetor is a single barrel and looks similar to the rochester i have on my 50. any help is appreciated.

It is similar. It is a Rochester model B. The ones in the 60's are different from the early ones in that the fuel line goes in the side with a fiter behind the big nut. The air cleaner mount is different also. The 292 generally has a larger bore then the smaller 6 cyl's. They are easy to o-haul & put a kit in. Try to stay away from a reman. Most of them arn't good & they will probably substitute the smaller bore carb. It will fit but you will lose some power. There ought to be a brass tag on under one of the screws in the air horn. It will ID the carb but you can order a kit from application because they were all about the same from 60-67.

wrench,

the tag is long gone unfortunately, but it looks exactly the way you described it. the kit i have found covers something like six different carbs...

thanks for the quick reply.