so i e mailed pony carburetors yesterday, and today i got this responce.


Message: Hi, I recently bought an aoutolite 4100 that i am rebuilding
and I
was wondering what sortr of process do you use/ recomend for restoring
the
main body and other metal parts?
thanks,
Joel

and what did they say?

Any info that we are willing to give out is shown in our virtual tour
on our
website. We are not in the practice of giving advice on how to rebuild
your
carb yourself, because that is what WE do.

i understand the angle they are coming from, but COME ON! i shouldnt have said i HAVE one already and just acted curious...[:@] haha

 

I called and left them a voicemail. never heard back. that was sign enough of my lack of interest in their company. two days later i walked into RAMCHARGERS and bought a brand new edelbrock.

 

yea, I got an attitude ( not the fiorst time either)when I called to buy a rebuild kit and also the stuff for the power valve on an auto lite 1100,,,clown guy gave me the 3rd degree about screwing up the float level when I never touched the float to begin with,, all I wanted was a friggen rebuild kit and a couple of parts,,, personally they may be the place to buy a correct carb ,,,but like a good looking gal ,,their sh**t still stinks, like everyone else,,have since started to look for a replacement elsewhere cause of the clown affect when I call

 

They are overpriced, I saw them at a show last year, giving a "workshop" at their display, Im pretty sure they just read how to rebuild a carb in a haynes book and set up shop, some of the stuff they were saying was just all wrong about the induction processes. Anyways just go to a local parts store and get a rebuild kit, I believe you can even get a rebuild kit from the parts counter at a ford dealership for the 2100, 4100, and 4300. As for cleaning, I usually just dissasemble, run it over with engine degreaser and some hot water, carbs arent hard to clean at all. After that just use the rebuild kit and follow instructions and your done.

 

lads, they'll never give out information on how they restore them. if they do they can close business

 

Such as? You've got me curious now.

 

I bought some parts from them and found them to be friendly helpful and they shipped my parts quickly. Sounds like I am the exception.

 

no. not the exception. I needed a few parts from them as well (heat riser and those two plastic parts), quick&easy deal.
Some parts you can only get from them as they seem to be the only ones 2 still manuifacture them. So from that it's not just rebuilding they do.

 

The few minutes I listened it was all about a/f ratio and how the choke works, he said that at full load an engine makes max power because it gets richer the more you load, in actuallity the max power same with max efficiencya/f ratio at full load is slightly leaner like 12.0 at idle 12.3 at full load than at no load or idle, I dont recall fully what he said about the choke so I wont quote him but needless to say, it wasnt anything i learned in 4 years of engineering classes.

 

I contacted them one time, and the winch on the other end of the phone made it quite evident there would be no need to call them ever again. I don't give a hoot how good theythink they are. . . there is no need to treat your customers like crap.