69stangcoupe

i am needing to do a carb rebuild on my stock 302 with a stock carb. i have never done this before and i am wanting to no if i should do this myself or not. i have an older brother who i work on cars with and basically i dont no how to do things i have never seen him do and this is one of those things. is rebuilding a carb a relatively simple thing like just replacing parts and putting on new ones or what? how did it go your first time rebuilding a carb?

paddy187

I say go for it you will learn so much and with the know how of the people on this forum u will be fine (that doesn't include me by the way!!!)

grruminator78

worst case you buy yourself a brand new carb

Ogre

I just got done rebuilding the Holley 4160 4 barrel carb on my 67 stang. This is the second carb I have rebuilt, and it just gets easier every time. What carb do you have? If it is a 2 barrel, it is twice as easy. Make sure you get the right kit from your auto parts store. Do a search on Google for rebuilding carbs, I used "How to rebuild a Holley 4160". When you take it apart, just pay close attention to all the gaskets, o-rings, etc that you take apart. Make sure and match your old gaskets to the new ones, as some kits come with many gaskets for many applications. If you are mechanically inclined at all, you shouldn't have a problem.

THUMPIN455

Yep, did my first one at 15, well first two barrel, had done a bunch of Briggs&Strattons before that. its good info to know, and the best way to learn is to DO IT.. if you have problems, just ask. I didnt have the intrawebnets when I started learning all this stuff. Just a few old magazines, some idiot friends, and a broken car..lol.

69stangcoupe

thanks for the input. im gonna go for it

Colorado_Mustang

The biggest key is to make sure your work area is clean and you don't lose any parts. I take mine apart on a towel that helps capture any smaller parts.

Brandontyler65

i need help with a holley 4160 i got laying around i recieved it in pieces and i tried but to no avail i failed but i wanna use it and the metering block has to be replaced its pitted so bad

Colorado_Mustang

Take a picture and put letters by the parts. We can get it together from there, most likely.

Ogre

What you got? I might be able to help since I did one less than a week ago. My metering block (I think that is what it is called) had a manufacturing defect in from Holley, it looked like. Had a small casting defect causing a small hole in one area. I put a little JB weld on both sides, then sanded the flat side down real smooth. Works like a champ now. Don't know if it would have affected anything anyway, but just to be sure.