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RidgeRunner13 Serious Thumper Offline haulin' the groceries! Posts: 649 Mustang Island, Texas Gender:	Re: Finally Reply #30 - 04/07/10 at 12:21:39 For future reference there is a vent tube sticking up in the throat area of the carb that you can use to fill the float bowl with a squirt bottle. That way you don't have to take any thing loose. Works well when one has been setting too long. I use an old quart gear lube bottle with the nozzle tip.
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Reply #31 - 04/08/10 at 09:53:57

RidgeRunner13 wrote on 04/07/10 at 12:21:39:

For future reference there is a vent tube sticking up in the throat area of the carb that you can use to fill the float bowl with a squirt bottle. That way you don't have to take any thing loose. Works well when one has been setting too long.
I use an old quart gear lube bottle with the nozzle tip. Cool

NOW you tell me?

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Reply #32 - 03/18/11 at 19:16:35

Didn't want to start a new thread so I pulled this one up out of limbo.

Well, I've been running the van for a while now but three days ago I dang near got a ticket because of emission problems, so now I got to use my tax return (which I hope gets here soon) to rebuild the engine. I was needing to do that anyway because of it being a mosquito killer but I didn't have the finances to correct it.

Gonna completely rebuild it, not just rings, but a complete master kit, the only thing that's gonna be re-used is the crank, rods, and cam which is still pretty new. Even going to replace the intake.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Almost got a ticket (formally Finally) Reply #33 - 03/20/11 at 05:06:50 Id never rebuild a grocery getter. I would either stuff a used engine in it, or get a rebuilt engine. The cost of rebuilding myself, coupled with the potential for disaster, adding all the time & hassle to the job,, heck, so much easier to just swap engines out. & its cheaper,
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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	Re: Almost got a ticket (formally Finally) Reply #34 - 03/20/11 at 06:15:18 yeah, but if you have the know-how, ability and time - rebuilds gonna be (if you do it right) more reliable than a used engine with who-knows-what kind of damage and hidden issues. also got to be cheaper for a rebuild (excluding your labor costs) isn't it?
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Re: Almost got a ticket (formally Finally)
Reply #35 - 03/20/11 at 10:28:17

Most used engines around here run as much as a rebuilt engine which around here are going for a thousand dollars or more. I can rebuild my current engine for far less money and since I am doing it myself I ain't gotta pay a shop's outrageous prices.

And since I am out of work at the moment anyhow, I got the time to do it.

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Re: Almost got a ticket (formally Finally)
Reply #36 - 03/20/11 at 18:54:25

Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 03/20/11 at 10:28:17:

Most used engines around here run as much as a rebuilt engine which around here are going for a thousand dollars or more. I can rebuild my current engine for far less money and since I am doing it myself I ain't gotta pay a shop's outrageous prices.

And since I am out of work at the moment anyhow, I got the time to do it.

All that adds up to You need to do the job yourself. I wish ya th best,, keep it clan, NM is a blasted dust bowl,, innitt

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