carburator rebild woes

[StevenHasty]

today was was rebuilding my stock carb and apon reassembly i lost the retion spring clip for the large ball under the power pistion is there a sutable replacement for this part or any body know were i can get anouther one because it does not come with a rebuild kit please tell me i dont have to purcace anouther carb for a 50 cent clip

[Petros]

wrecking yards are a good sourse for such parts, especially if you have any of the self-severice ones near you (Pull-a-Part, U-pull-it, etc.). There is also the dealer, but I do not know if they still stock such parts. You might check.

If not, I have a couple of junk carbs I used for just such parts. Where are you? I can mail it to you. PM me.

Also, see if you can post a picture of the carb exploded view to let me know exactly which part you need just to make sure I send you the correct part.

[emmahumpfritter]

May I humbly reply here that as a fairly newbie member here (to drive home the "humble" part) a Weber will solve all one's T4wd problems, AND get better MPG's I battled the carbs on three of these cars until finally making the plunge, will never go back.

It's by far the best thing anyone can do to these cars.

[StevenHasty]

i was looking at the webber upgrade but i dont know about my local smog police i would rather have the webber up grade because it apears to be less complex plus the complete upgrase is cheaper the oem.

[StevenHasty]

just went to my local carb shop to see if they had a retainer they didnt but did he said he just uses a paper clip and bends it in to shap i am going to try that. i realy hate to spend 400 -700 doller for a new carburator for something i can fix with a paper clip