soobiescoobie Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 a girl i know has an 87 gl 4x4 and the carb gasket on it blew and the person she brought it to doesnt know how to fix it. Does any one know where to get it done, she has the gasket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Re you talking about the gasket that goes between the carb and intake manifold? If so, just unbolt the carb, remove the old gasket, clean the mating surfaces, apply new gasket, bolt carb back on. Its pretty easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobiescoobie Posted March 22, 2004 Author Share Posted March 22, 2004 ill find out if it is ill do it for her thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Added note: Do NOT flip the carb over ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Why shouldn't you flip it over? I've flipped over a number of carbs - never had a problem..... GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 I have seen plenty of carbs end up with problems after being flipped over.. Granted, none of them were soob carbs, but somehow I doub't that they are so much different than any holley, weber or rchester I have worked on..something to do with crap in the carb shifting around and gumming stuff up.. It was explained quite a bit more eloquently than that when I was in Automotive school.. But a combination of the warning in school and the real life experience leads me to issue that warning on the off chance I give any carb related advice (which I rarely do.. Fuel Injection is where my interests lie, so I generally ignore the carb threads) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88rxsedan Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 you dont flip the carb over because all the gas in the float bowl will spill all over your motor through the bowl vent.. It could start a fire.. other than that, you can flip em all around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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