$18 Edelbrock Carburetor Rebuild 

See this is what life should be. The kid gets a lesson and a free carb that he built himself. Tony gets content for his channel that he gets payed to do. We get a free lesson along with the kid. Everyone wins! And nobody had to be screwed over perfect existence!

Get a set of torch tip cleaners. U have every size u could every need for every orphase in the carb to clean

Austin was really good in the movie Bad Santa. :-)

Spend a the extra and get a Edelbrock brand kit.I bought a cheap eBay kit for my carb and the gaskets didn’t seal very well and the float needles were not very good

If only there were more Uncle Tony's to go around...

The real lesson for me here is not about the carb - it's about how to be a good vessel of information. I'm about 2 weeks into working on my old car with my kids. It's so much fun but it's a real balance of letting them try things and learn vs. having them watch me do the work while I talk about what I'm doing. Lots of depth to this video Tony. Thank-you!

Can also use a twist tie with the plastic/paper melted or burned off. Makes a great cleaner wire.

Metal guitar strings might be an additional option for cleaning/unblocking some passages.. They are flexible and of course, come in many different thicknesses.

Man I am glad my car is big enough for my fat self to fit in lol. Had a blast rebuilding this carb with you Tony! Learned a lot and I’m looking forward to putting her on!

Every young person needs an Uncle Tony in their life. This is awesome!

Awesome, just did my first carb rebuild over the last few days, watched this video a few times during the process, dropped in back in my 72 pickup yesterday, fired right up

Damn, I was hoping to see it in the car and running. I hate cliffhangers... lol

Needs to be done BUT eye protection !! Those passages will aim cleaner right at your eye ball! Ask me how I know how intense the pain is with even a small amount of carb spray in the eye!

I have found old guitar strings work great for cleaning out the small passages.

Watching the rebuild really takes me back...for certain applications, I would wrap some steel wool around a backwards-taped rod or dowel chucked into a drill and polish the bores to remove any casting flash, etc and make them smooth. Yeah, it took a little more disassembly/reassembly, and it's kinda OCD, but it made a small difference. Keep up the good work, Uncle Tony, revealing the nearly-forgotten old school technology to the masses.

I use old copper telephone wire and twist-ties for cleaning passages. Copper can be used on the brass jets without marring them. Great Vid thanks guys

Kids at home: Carberator cleaner in the eye is no fun.

Great video! Please consider doing the same with a Holley!

It’s refreshing to see that mentoring is alive and well. Good on you, Tony. Austin, learn all you can from the Ol Timers

Guitar strings also work really well for cleaning out passages.

Austin is super cool you should ask him to be a regular part of the channel as he works on / upgrades his car.

I just rebuilt the original carb on my S10 pickup. Yesterday, I re-routed and fixed my vacuum situation, and by golly she has never ran better. Thanks, Uncle Tony, and Haynes Manuals, Godspeed.

Great to see you fine folks teaching others. Awesome channel!

In defense of "cheap" rebuild kits.... I recently replaced a part in my 15 liter Cummins with an out of the box, just picked up from a Cummins service center part.. marked Made in the USA.... the hole on a support bracket was too small! Great vid!

Other than a piece of wire, you can pick up a cheap micro drill bit set off of Amazon. One you can use by hand. Steve's small engine saloon uses them all the time for cleaning out small passages in carbs.

Look Kids, no wires, sensors etc...Another Great learning video!!

That accelerator pump will last about 1 week with ethanol gas. Then its back to falling on its face when you hit the gas and priming to start. The leather ones last longer but may not be for sale anymore. Good post, thanks

His face when u said 18$, how could U go wrong. Lol

Good "real life" carb rebuilding lesson. Looking forward to seeing how the poly Fury runs with the Eddy on it. Thanks for taking the young man under your wing Tony!!

Your videos are the best. No bull shit and wasting time to impress. It's just good information. Thanks

Ahhh, a beautiful old Carter AFB style carburetor. The greatest carburetor Columbus ever discovered in the new world, when he sailed the sea in fourteen-hundred and ninety-three.

Tony, it's so great watching you teach Austin how to properly rebuild a carburetor!! Having him do the work will definitely allow him to gain a bunch of car knowledge. Plus, he'll remember this for the rest of his life! Although, I'm kinda jealous because I wish I had someone like yourself, who's really knowledgeable about the older cars, to teach me this stuff 30+ years ago!! :)

Im 25, I’ve never even seen a carburetor but I recently got a c3 corvette that wouldn’t start, had no fuel going through the Jets and mixture screws were all over the place. Watched a few of these videos and pretty much got the car dialed in, in less than a day, your channel is amazing for those of us who didn’t get taught about carburetors previously!

I use a torch tip cleaner, works great. Thanks for a nice no BS rebuild that’s to the point with knowledge of what happens too. I love that because I learned that way.

Eye protection guys, don't get that carb cleaner in your eyes, you will seriously regret it. Ask me how I know. LOL

3 things I do when rebuilding carbs - 1 I get it disassembled and give it a basic wash to get the gas out of it. then air dry it .then get a bottle of THE WORKS toilet bowl cleaner and a Rubbermaid plastic tube and take stuff outside and set parts and carb body parts in tub then I pour the bowl clean on the parts and in the parts and squeeze the cleaning fluid into and through all ports and passage ways and let soak for 15-20 minutes outside . 2 then I wash the parts with water then lay out a cloth towel and lay all parts on that to dry and then I use compressed air to blow through the ports and passageways and use a light autobody scotch brite pad to clean up the floats and their pivot rods . I lightly soak the venturies gaskets and the carb lid gasket with penetrating oil then reassemble the carb ect . the penetrating oil keeps the gaskets from gluing them selves to the carb after the screws are tightened down incase you ever have to disassemble the carb again to make any adjustments or mods 😎👍🏁

The 3 things I do on a rebuild of an Edelbrock or Carter AFB to include in this video is #1 remove the jets. These like to get seized into the aluminum over the years and you have no idea the history of the carb or current jetting so remove them, look up the jet size to know what your current calibration is. Make sure it is a large flat blade. I have seen these mangled by others and then they have to be extracted - not fun. #2 the needles like to stick to the seats on these kits. Test them make sure they drop freely when the float comes down. Use a little lube if needed to keep them from sticking. #3. Do not lose the check ball or weight under the "juice shooters" for the accelerator pump or it will not work period.

I picked up a used Edelbrock 1406, sharp turns or braking the engine would quit. Tony's comment led me to check the floats and sure enough they were off. All fixed .. thanks Tony !

$20 saved by drilling a hole, good deal. If you turn the s-link on the pump around from factory you get instant pump action instead of waiting a sec. for the spring to pull it down. great vidio.

On a Pontiac 389 I have a Edelbrock 1406... a little too small on CFM but I only do touring but I found it took an Edelbrock 1450 kit (for a larger carb) to get the mixture rich enough. I know that isn't where you were going here... but I just wanted to mention it. I fitted an air/fuel gauge to sort that out and it is a must. I've had my Edelbrock from new but did find an ultrasonic cleaner really deep cleans the parts but you are EXACTLY right about passing a wire throughout all the passages. Nice Work Again! Thank You

You are one of the best Tony! I have cleaned out and rebuilt more of those carburetors than I can remember. I love the Carter style carbs! They are Weber carburetors in my boat world because Weber bought the rights first. Same AFB. Really cool what you are doing for that kid! I had to read books and teach myself. You rock!

Excellent video of the problems and cures of automotive carburetors!!! Thank You for presenting this Tony!!!

Thanks for teaching others how to work on cars. Especially the old ones that are simple!

I've been saying i wish my grandfather had been a mechanic But we choped cotton & cleaned yards.cant take that away from me. Just have to work harder on the Mechanical end. Thanks U T For your grrat video's

Great content! When you have enough "experience" you need readers lol. I have several pairs I got at a local dollar store. I keep them scattered about. 1 in the truck, 1 in the basement, toolbox, workbench etcetc... it keeps you doing what you wanted to do instead of hunting the readers ha... Thanks for sharing

Tony that was very nice of you to help out Austin I’m sure he appreciates that carb so much. Great vid and congrats on new shop

If you don’t make a mistake you don’t learn. You will remember this in years to come. I enjoyed this, thank you.

Love the new shop and videos keep um coming

That ratcheting wrench you had Austin using would have been tossed either across the room or in rhe scrap pile haha. I hate those things

On a Quadrajet, you have to make sure the secondary metering rod cam isn't broken. I have had two break with the carb in service. Instant bog.

Best video I've ever seen on that.

Can't wait to hear it run.

This is a great video thanks for doing it.

When I was about ten I went with my Dad to Spitzer Auto Electric in Denver. My Dad was getting a carburetor tune up on the family’s '64 Chevrolet Impala. I was watching George the older experienced mechanic take apart that Rochester 4GC and was amazed at how fast he took it apart and how many rods, springs, screws and check balls made up the parts to that carburetor. Later when I was older I taught myself to do an overhaul on the Rochester M4MC and the M4ME carburetors and I got to be pretty go at doing an overhaul on those models. Today my Pentastar V6 in my Chrysler 200 convertible has multipoint fuel injection, which is so far trouble free. I enjoyed this video.

Thanks Brother made all the difference. 41 and getting it done.

Great job !

A clean carb is a happy carb. :-)

I have learnt a lot from your videos....better than going to school. keep up the great work and thank you for sharing your knowledge

Outstanding! Thank you!

You should teach Austin how to roll a cigarette next.

It's like shop class all over again, except we had a pile of Rochester E2ME carbs to go through

Thanks for teaching the next gens. This is ggggrrreeeaatt.

Great Great Video! Its so much how we do it and made so easy to see and do! Thanks guys! Do a Holley next!!!

This video has come in handy for a edelbrock I’m currently rebuilding lol. Main thing I needed to know was where the check ball and slug went. Mine was missing those and the secondary jets. Mind you, this carb was mounted on a F250 with a 352, that I drove from OKC to my home ~96 miles, two years ago. Now it’s about to go on my 351c Galaxie, after rebuild.

Awesome to see this video of you walking him through it Tony! 👍

That’s where I have seen Austin before he was such a sweet kid in that movie . Loved the show Tony

This channel is a gold mine of information.

This reminds as a kid when I was half fast employed...I placed pay when you sell ads for carburetors, mostly Carter & Q-Jets. I'd sell em cheaper if they brought me their old carb. 90% of the time I could rebuild them without using any parts, just screwy ztuff like you found. i would use a few parts here & there, a few gaskets, accelerator pump, etc. Once in a while the ad paper would contact me to see if I sold any of the carbs and I'd say "Uh, no, not yet". That was 50 years ago, hope the statute of limitations is up... BTW, Thermo-Quads were a good one cuz a lotta people didn't know how to fully disassemble them. There were a lotta 440 Chrysler Imperials around back then. Best carb ever, I have one on a 67 small journal 327 with Milodon ductile iron 4-Bolt mains I built back then on a 67 Camaro. Still have the 327, my son is now dropping it into a 1980 Camaro Rally Sport... changing it to a Muncie 4-speed. Really looking forward to seeing her rumble once again.

Would love to see you do a foxbody restore. You were the one that started the movement. No better than to learn from the original guy who gave us generations of racing with the 5.0!

A 7/16 drill bit also makes a good spacer for setting thefloats.

Oh did a few of these before, good lesson for a beginner and you get the satisfaction of building your own carb.

Calming vid the Bob Ross of carbs....happy little drop rod there there

This is a great video thanks man

The way Tony explains this makes me want to rebuild mine rather than buying a new one

Just did this myself and then this video pops up. Great shit, thanks unk

This was like shop class in 12th grade, great stuff Tony.

The carter carb parts bin behind bench is sweet! Cool man cave item!

Tony......... you are a beautiful human

Great Job great content 👍

Are the throttle blade shaft seals replaceable on these Edelbrock carbs? I currently have one on a car that leaks thru causing idle issues. Found this leak while searching for a vacuum leak.

Just finished the same job with the same kit. Had the same problems. Accelerator pump wrong, (put the new cup on the old shaft) and forgot the flappy doo dad. Carb turned out great.

Stopped by on my lunch break to watch as much as the video as I could and smash that like button!

Great video ! The mystery of the carb exposed in 20 minutes. Please give the next guy a Q-jet !

You can see in Austin's beady evil eyes, he was always planning on taking over this whole shebang!!!

What a cool dude! Some of these guys are so full of themselves.

The three holes in the pump arm adjust the duration of the pump discharge, therefore, the amount of fuel delivery. The "slug" /pump discharge weight, keep the discharge check ball seated and reduce the possibility of unwanted pump discharges due to vibration. The reason I'm familiar with all the facts I've stated, I'm an old retired Carter R&D Engineer, from St. Louis, Mo.

i've done more than a few of these. my advice is to mark the measuring paper with red pen your high and low marks. this makes measuring the floats super easy

That is really cool, sharing all that with all these kids❤🇺🇸 Also really old kids, like me😂

I'm impressed how you work on carbs delicate parts with those sausage fingers! :)

When I was sampling a carburetor sometimes I like to coat the air horn gasket with a thin coat of chapstick that way if I do something crazy like forget to put in the secondary air door I can then remove air horn without messing up the gasket LOL

Uncle Tony -Carb kit off eBay 18 bucks. How can you go wrong? Also Uncle Tony- This is what you get when you buy a cheap carb kit off eBay! 😂😂 Love you uncle Tony, Love ❤️ you more Uncle Kathy!

Dear uncle tony, great video. I noticed that the accelerator pump piston that came in the eBay kit was black, I'm hoping that it's better than the blue ones I have been getting lately. I have always tested the pump with carb or brake cleaner just like you, in fact I fill the float chamber after assembly and observe the shot using the throttle linkage. I have found out the hard way that the spray cleaner completely destroys the blue rubber pistons. Just something to look out for.

Guitar wires that are 50% wrapped make the best cleaners "E" to "E" Strings short and long cuts with carb solvent, and high pressure controlled air burst been rebuilding carbs like Tony since 15 years old. Build my own cycles and old cars. Nothing like making things function when nobody else can.

Love the old school approach, but some safety glasses are definitely in order when spraying carb (brake?) cleaner. Nasty stuff !

A couple of tips for carburetor rebuilders - gas welder tip cleaners work great for cleaning fine passages, you can get a set at any auto parts store. Use a 7/16" drill bit for a feeler gauge when setting the float level. DON'T go by the instruction sheet that comes with the carb kit, they are incomplete and filled with errors. Get the proper specs from the manufacturer's manual, either the car manufacturer or the carburetor manufacturer. This goes for stock carburetors, and would not apply in this case to an aftermarket model.

I feel like I could rebuild a carb by watching this video. Great job

Good video. Maybe it will save some of the edlbrock carbs out there that seem to not function all to often. Keep the info comin uncle Tony.

I've had carb cleaner hit me in the eye so often I wince seeing y'all use it without glasses.

Uncle Tony you must have nerves of Steel.. I couldn't be in the room breathing the same air as that slug

I can't wait for Thursday.