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 which carb rebuild kit?
#604216
05/17/05 07:05 PM
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 61
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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seeing as how my carb has only one working diaphram now, i think i'm gonna go through the thing with a rebuild kit. i've heard people mention the NAPA kit for $40. i also called Autozone, and they only wanted $26. is the NAPA kit that much better, or does it just cost more?
also, i've had a few parts guys ask me if it's a Aisin or Toyota carb. i guess i thought they were one in the same...
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 Re: which carb rebuild kit?
[Re: turbogeek]
#604217
05/17/05 09:39 PM
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 525
Rock Warrior
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wow, I thought all the Toyota carbs were Aisin. I've seen Aisin hubs on Suzuki Samurais, though, so I wonder if Aisin is like Beck Arnley and makes stuff for other people, too.
I used a Beck Arnley kit years ago from Advance Auto. Had everything I needed except for the carb base gaskets which I had to buy at NAPA. buy the Autozone one and then go to NAPA to see what all comes in their kit before you open it?
msg - '87 xtracab
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Re: which carb rebuild kit?
[Re: yodta]
#604218
05/18/05 05:17 AM
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 63
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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So. . .
Exactly how difficult is a carb rebuild. I have always viewed carbs as little nuggets of black magic. I turn an adjusting screw and the truck runs different. I have a sneaking suspision that my truck is in need of some carb attn. Any suggestions?
-frozen
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Re: which carb rebuild kit?
[Re: frozen]
#604219
05/18/05 05:31 AM
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 525
Rock Warrior
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I did a carb rebuild on the first Toyota I had about 8 years ago. I'd never done one before and I half assed it over a day and a half on a weekend because I needed it the next day for work. it still ran way better than it did before, so...
not too big of a deal if you can afford a little downtime, have a decent set of mini pliers. some compressed air would have been handy when I did mine, and some more time to soak the parts.
msg - '87 xtracab
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Re: which carb rebuild kit?
[Re: turbogeek]
#604220
05/18/05 02:44 PM
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Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 1,681
Body Damage is Cool
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It's simple, if the counter guy doesn't ask you for the number off of the metal tag on the carb, you're getting a cheap generic Toy carbkit (the $26 type). If they want the number, you're getting a kit made for that model Toy carb (the $50 kit). Go to NAPA.
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Re: which carb rebuild kit?
[Re: fourwd1]
#604221
05/19/05 05:32 AM
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Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,010
Body Damage is Cool
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what kind of gains should you expect from a carb rebuild if you have about 150k? how long does it take to do a good job at rebuilding one? is it easy to mess up? man im full of questions.
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