Ford Autolite 2100 Carburetor Rebuild 

I have to say that was one of the best DIY carburetor rebuild documentaries I have ever seen! Yes, documentary. He was professional, thorough and he was very confident. Thank you so much for all of your help!

Good job. I’ve rebuilt many carbs but never the Ford 2100/4100. So I appreciate the detailed explanations. The post who thinks it’s too much detail didn’t need to watch this. For the guys who need the detail, thank you.

I'm really grateful for the time you took to make this. Watching it gave me enough confidence to tackle a rebuild on my Mustang 2100, and it went super smooth thanks to all your tips. I'm much happier to have done it myself and have an understanding of how the thing works! Mentioning the size of the spanners and sockets required was great too- being in a metric country it allowed me to just go buy the imperial tools I needed straight away. Much appreciated!

Excellent video. I just watched it today and rebuilt the 2100 for my 1966 Country Sedan. I loved the attention to detail and very well explained. One of the venturi tubes was plugged so I just kept spraying it like you mentioned. Thank you for posting this, now my wagon just purrs.

Just rebuilt the carburetor on my 1967 Mustang using your video. Thank you for taking the time to produce such a thorough video.

never touched a carburetor before watching this video and just successfully rebuilt the 2100 on my 64 f100! thanks so much!

Excellent video! Probably the best 2100 rebuild on RU-vid. Keep us updated on your truck.

This just helped me get my '66 mustang running again. Thank you for making this!

Haynow! What a find. The same carb. & same rebuild kit that I have. You took me threw it. 55 years old and it's my first carb. rebuild. The first job on my restoration of my 1968 Ford F-100 4x4 390. Thanks for the help.

Want to post my appreciation for this run through. Just rebuilt my 2100 on my 1965 Mustang. I’ll update how it runs soon! Thanks for your virtual assistance!

I want to sincerely thank you for posting this. I was able to rebuild my Motorcraft 2100! I took it off the engine, rebuilt it and had it back on and running in 24 hours.

This was probably one of the best carb rebuild video I’ve watched, it was very detailed in the items i had questions with. Thank you.

Wow, FANTASTIC video, thanks so much!!!! You explained things SO clearly, with plenty of real-world info beyond just the tech stuff. Really great work, thanks!!!

Thanks for the great video! I attempted to rebuild the carb on my 65 ford 3/4....now I can re-do it correctly!! thanks again for your kind assistance and expert knowledge to help this poor fiddle player out!

Great video, thank you. I just rebuilt my first carburetor today thanks to your video.

Great video, in the process of rebuilding my 2100 on my 1970 Mustang, been 25 years since I last rebuilt it but thanks to your refresher course I'm ready to get started on it while referring back to this video, thanks a lot!

Thank you sir🤟 super helpful. Put the video on and followed along and now my 66 camper special is ready to go. Great video🤙

Ok thanks. Great video. Am set to rebuild my 2100 now. The slow, detailed explanations are perfect.

I'm going to add my gratitude to the many who have already expressed theirs. Working on my '67 Fairlane, and thankfully the original Autolite 2100 carburetor was part of the deal (some other ridiculously tiny thing had been installed -- to save fuel!!). But the original carbie had all sorts of bits missing and incorrectly installed, so this vid. has been a lifesaver of a reference for me. Thanks so much for doing it and uploading... we'd be stuffed without guys like you taking the trouble and time to do this! Muchas gracias from Peru.

Man thanks for all the information. I just got a 1968 f100 with a straight six standard with 3 on the tree. I know nothing about this truck so I'm looking at videos to get as much info as I can and your videos are motivation and informative too. I wish I had your knowledge on the matter but I'm learning from you. My truck runs although not that smooth but I'm looking forward to learn more about it. Thanks again and loving the way your truck keeps coming out. Awesome work.

Thank you for posting this. I have always been leery of carberators. Your tutorials are very helpful.

Real good doco on the carb rebuild for my 1970 Mustang convertible with a 302 Windsor...I am in New Zealand.Thanx a lot..Kris..

This is the best 2100 carb rebuild video I've seen. Thanks.

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I just became a new owner of a ‘69 F250. Ordered the rebuild kit for carb last night along with power booster for brakes because the truck doesn’t have one. This video is gonna save me the headache once the kit arrives. Thanks!

Brilliant Video. It answered all my questions regarding the 2100 carburetor on my 65 Mustang. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

Fantastic explanation and easy going style. By following your guide I have rebuilt the carb on my 66 Mustang and it’s now running great : thank you!

Awesome vid. Very well done... Good detail ..thank you for walking us through this.after watching this I'm confident I can rebuild mine and know what to look for and what to clean ..Hats off to you and thank you again ..mine is on a 71 Ford F250 with a 390. was just gonna replace the accelerator pump due to leaking fuel. but now doing a full rebuild ...

thank you 330_Garage!!! I watched your video twice and a third time as I was rebuilding my carburetor 2100 also,paused when I needed to, It worked out great!! The only problem I ran into was the needle in the float, my carb started pouring fuel out the top so I replaced it with the old one and problem fixed. My '69 Bronco has been sitting in my garage for 18yrs, nothing was wrong , just busy with life. Anyways everything was clean with the carb except the excellerator pump, it was dry or brittle. She runs great now, next is to start to replace hoses fuel lines,tires and so on... thank you again, Alex..

Great video! Detailed without being boring.

This is a great video, excellent guide for all details. Bravo young man, great hand skills also.

Awesome video not sure why anyone would thumb down a great and detailed video like this? This definitely helped me rebuild my carb from a 1964.5 Mustang.

Hello from France. Thank you very much for this tutorial . I'm starting to rebuild for the first time a carburetor from my 74 Country Squire 400ci. There is some few differences but for sure the video will be a very good help.

330_Garage you rock! Very descriptive and detailed. Thanks.

Beautiful tutorial. very clear and informative. Sometimes you talk and move real fast. Thats cool

About to dive into the 2100 on the 360 in my AMC Matador wagon. Time to get the old boat running again. Good video🍻

Thank you so much for the video. It helped with my 66 mustang carb rebuild.

Thanks so much for making this video. Excellent work.

This video is long and perfect. I got a 67 289. Cars great but carb won’t stop leaking... bought the kit to rebuild but was too timid to do the build. Was going to pay someone. However with this detail I am going to go at it myself. Ty sir

Hey mate. Don’t see those 360 motors in Australia. You scared the hell out of me with the tension you put on some of those fittings. But you seem to have a good handle on things. Great to see a young fella that knows what a carb and points are. Keep up the the good work 🤠

Thanks for the great video. Did mine this weekend with your help

Very detailed and thorough information. I've rebuilt quadra jets but this is a bit different. Thank you.

Great video. I’m thinking of making a video of my 72 f250 ranger xlt rebuild. Love the detail and information of your video.

A good video and about as simple as one could keep it. That is one tired engine but I have seen a lot worse run for almost ever it seemed. It broke the speedo cable at around the third time over and Russ drove that truck every day for about five more years with no heater or even a drivers door working. I had to steal it and work break neck speeds to fix as much as I could. New distributor, new timing chain, new intake gasket and water pump, new power steering pump, fix the broken studs in the exhaust, the list went on and the heater was a hard one as it had air and heat in same box but when through he had heat.Man was so grateful and it made me feel bad that I hadn't done it sooner as he was seventy and worked as a plumber. Coming home wet from some jobs had to no fun.Those carbs are as basic as they come but the first time they backfire, the power valve is done for, nature of the beast

That's awesome job! Congrats! 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Life is much easier if you make the accelerator pump the first item that you remove. It gets the float bowl top seal assembly out of the way and that's a big help. If you don't, it is in the way during the float steps as well as the choke hat steps.

Nice video. Very helpful and appreciate the details. Thanks for sharing!!

thanks, got my 69 Econoline running like a champ!

Thank you so much for making this video and also showing the kit, I found the exact kit on amazon so saved me a bunch on shipping and I know I've got the right kit! (later seen you linked it in the description lol)

I have a 75 Ford Maverick, 302 engine with this carb. I just refreshed the complete engine leaving it original, I washed the carburetor well and I put new gaskets on it. Has new economizer valve number 68, nozzles 53. The engine when it is cold accelerates very well but when it warms up and you accelerate it hard, it acts as if it is running out of gasoline or is drowning, it spends a lot of gasoline, it does not run very well and the smoke smells of raw gasoline. Is it missing or over fuel? The engine idling and accelerating is zero failure, no vibrations completely serene.

Going to use this video to rebuild my own. Thnx!

Outstanding video, man .. just wanted to ask a question , I have a 76 f100 with electronic ignition.. did you plug any of the carb or did you manifold the vacumn advance.. mine has a plate underneath the carb .. thanks

I just bought my first 71 Ford f350 with a 360 and this exact carb. You helped me.out immensely. I watched the whole thing and it's literally the best video ever!! Thank you. Question: what is the linkage connected to the front that covers up the hole in the float bowl? Nothing seems to move it but you can manually move it to open that rubber "stopper"

Best rebuild thtat I have ever seen. sugesstion, do other style carbs too!

Good video! Very helpful video Broski

Great job on the video!

my truck has 105,000 orignal miles ,thinling of removing valve covers,to fix leaks and rotate engine to see how much timing chain is stretched,also check top end?

Great how to video!! I mean you need your own show on after trucks tv and before engine power tv.

Would love to see a video on how to test a mechanical fuel pump pressure using a pressure gauge. I rebuilt my motorcraft 2100 using this and another video. I primed it with a small amount of fuel in the air intake of the carb. Ran beautifully for three or so minutes but then died. Responded well to pumping the accelerator pedal, no leaks, sounds gorgeous. I found very little fuel(1 cm) in the float bowel, and admit I did not add any fuel to the bowel(essentially was empty) prior to starting it. Since I believe I cleaned this carb very well, I question if it's getting adequate fuel pressure from the fuel pump? Would like to do a test, but no videos exist to show how to hook a modern fuel pressure gauge to these old fuel lines. Help>>>>>

I think that you got/have a good firm hand on it. I don't see many your age going into a stall somewhere and doing the actual build. I would put money on you to do what ever is right and not cheep out on this little project. Since I never heard what your intentions are I would guess that you will fix it to its best resale.I get a idea that this rig hasn't been in the weeds all that long judging by how green the grass was under the truck. If mine, I would clean maticules under the hood and color match that paint or fresh it up with flat black, no glossy stuff and tape off the wiring so it retains its natural state cause that is only once. Lucky you it being a V8 engine, I would change any and all gaskets but not paint it and for absolute good money vested change the timing chain and the water pump but put in the box all the old stuff as some people are crazy about the OEM numbers so they will see the gears changed with proof and they will rebuild the water pump. The cab and fenders/ bed will be last to light sand and clear it so they can make choice what color it will be cause they have the blank slate to work on. Really clean the interior, and unless the seat won't work put every thing back in but insulate the floor for the noise and change the dash mat and your done. Unless you really like then do what floats your boat

If you want to give that carburetor some zip, install a Powerblast Plate from Thompson’s Performance, no moving parts, takes 10 mins to install.

Awesome video. Super helpful. I wish everyone made tutorials like this. My kit was the same as yours, my carb was just a tad different off my 78 f150. What was all that extra stuff in the kit for?

i bought a 1963 Ford fairlane with a 302 engine and this carb. it runs really sloppy and uneven on idle. next step is to repair it

Great vid my only thing was on the accelerator pump I wasn't sure about that little arm with the spring to the left of it. I wasn't sure how it goes back on is there supposed to be tension on it against the accelerator pump lever?

Great Video , do you know what causes the small vent hole to leak under the throttle linkage lever ?

Dude, you gotta make a pressure washing vid on that engine and the engine bay Be sure to use heavy duty oven cleaner Love the vids

What a great video ! thank you tons

big help. Thank you!

Great video, I'm going to use it to rebuild my FIL's carb from his 1970 351c. Random question: what brand is the 1/4" ratchet you're using?

really great tutorial!

The Dashpot was never mentioned or adjusted to specification which as I recall it should be adjusted to .030 when fully compressed

Have a question. Isn't possible to change the venturi to a larger one? Example like going from a 1.02 to a 1.08. Do they just plug and play?

Great job!

Tearin' the heck out of those idle needles and seats - NEVER bottom and tighten them hard

I’m trying to disassemble my carb, my accelerator pump looks like yours but I don’t have that rubber check valve, in stead there’s a screw on top of the housing that holds a check ball, and a housing within it. Help!

in the 90s i had a '74 Maverick with a 2100. I bought a rebuld kit, and the car ran great, but when i would floor it the car would shoot out a plume of black smoke like a squid.

Just came upon your channel and really appreciate all the knowledge and skill you demonstrate. Question: How did you learn all this stuff at such an, apparently, young age. Is this what you do for a day job or what?

Thanks for the video 😊

One of my favourites. But can I only suggest one think pls, can You say thats all for today guys or something. Im always did it finish or was fast forward accidently. Anyway its great rly great. Can wait for more.

And you didn't thread the idle screws through the casting ?

youre supposed to used the little cardboard guage in the rebuild kit and observe the pictures in the instructions to set the float correctly

Screen on float seat?

tag on my 77 ford ranger carb is stamped d7te,CTA, a7f 11 im sure that means something

If it doesn't dent your wallet and you want to replace the cracked tube but if you want to go the cheap route I think you could solder it? Might be a bumpy mess that has to be sanded down but hey saves from buying a tube oil that's if you already have a solder gun and solder. Just found you on RU-vid lastnight and love your stuff find another rig to revive, maybe an old dirtbike or quad???!!!

a bit late but you could solder the cracked emulsion tube

these autolite carbs are a holley design and manufacture

COOL VIDEO

Thanks!

The stuff youre calling grass and leaves is old dried up gas thats turned to varnish

Thanks

You forgot to mention that that some have a hot air choke as well

too bad you dont have access to a vapor blaster it would make the aluminum housing look better than brand new

Dope

That's why it's running so rich open ed to rich

If I had to guess It would seem your real occupation is school teacher. K to 2nd grade would be the guess and you think you are still talking to children. This could have been a 35 min video without all the over explanation. Complete rebuild with only one error that never got caught. No problem, it will still work. Would have been nice to see your procedure on setting the idle screws. Vacuum or RPM? What is your method? Thanks for sharing.

This guy has no concept of "Float Level"

@41:21 gasket missing from Walker part kit 15369D. Word of warning to anyone buying the kit. Mine came with zero instructions and sealed in a inner box that says returns are void of seal broken. Cheap shit kit

Great vid but come on, wear some gloves when using carb/brake cleaner! Those things are really, really bad for you, better be careful