On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:50:39 -0700, jamesgangnc
wrote:


Looks like they want $38 for a kit. Kinda steep. It's "marine" :-)
Kit for a similar carb on a mower would be $14. You could disassemble
first being real careful and see if you can get by with the old
parts. That's what I usually do. It should be obvious when you tear
it down if you are going to have to buy the kit or not. Not sure what
the needle valve is but I'd pay close attention to that while
cleaning. Another good reason to get a service manual as you're going
to have to adjust that when you put it back on.

Speaking auto only, since I never worked on an OB, everything "carb"
seems to be getting really expensive. I put a few float kits and
needle valves in carbs, but always heard they must be chemical bathed
to clean passages. Had a 67 Skylark carb screwing up and it only cost
me $25 for the 2-barrel Carter reman and 5 minutes to do the swap.
Next time I entertained the carb replace idea was after doing the
heads on my van's 350. Hey, why not throw on a carb (4-barrel)
while I'm in here? Then I priced it. @400 bucks. Kept the old carb.
For a number of reasons, I *really* like FI.

--Vic