How can I tell what carb I have for sure. I am going by the linkage connecting on the driver's side = Carter-Weber, but I make some stupid mistakes. I need to know for sure. Also if it is a Carter-Weber, I need to do all possible cleanings because rebuild is not an option. Would you recommend soaking it in something? Or is MMO or some similar system cleaner just as good.

C-W is a single barrel carb

 

Hitachi is a two barrl. carb

 

Chevron is a good cleaner as is Seafoam

The Carter-Weber should have a metal tag on the front, right, bottom side on one of the bolts. The C-W tag has the carb info.

I have an old carter weber out of my brat, has like 144K on it.

 

Ran good when warm, got about 25 MPG in town. I think the choke wasnt set right because it didnt run that smooth for the first 1-2 minutes, but after that it was great.

 

I have the entire intake manifold so you can pick and choose the parts you want.

 

 

PM me if interested and we can work out a price

I have not found that MMO is good at breaking down grime unless it is at a fairly high temp, in fact I had it grunge-up a carb on me once, so I would not recomend soaking it in that or anything. Carb soaking is usually done before a rebuild to break all of the old seals loose (You do not want that to happen!!!)

Techron is probably the best fuel additive, run a tank through and you should be fine.

Thanks for the good information. I found that metal tag so I know it is a C-W. I sure won't soak that carb. If the fuel system cleaner(s) don't fix my cold start problem, I'll be in the market for a Hitachi carb with intake manifold. I can at least get a rebuild kit for that.

 

 

 

I have an old carter weber out of my brat, has like 144K on it.

 

Ran good when warm, got about 25 MPG in town. I think the choke wasnt set right because it didnt run that smooth for the first 1-2 minutes, but after that it was great.

 

I have the entire intake manifold so you can pick and choose the parts you want.

 

 

PM me if interested and we can work out a price

one thing about the Carter-Webers is that trying to get parts from anywhere including the dealership won't happen! I needed a part for the one on my '83 hatchback and the only place I found one was at a hobby store. It sucked but I ended up getting rid of the car since it was a giant rust bucket and ran like crap. Traded it straight across for my '79 4wd wagon:D Gen 1's ROCK!!!