Rebuilding Carburetors

[Morris R.]

Has anyone had work done by All American Carburetors good or bad? Out of Orange Park, Florida

[Stuart F.]

Re: Rebuilding Carburetors

I have had some AFB sections refurbished by them and they came out excellent. They use a different media for cleaning than do many of the others. For aluminum, anyway, it looks more natural (original), nice and smooth instead of pebble finish that is obviously media blasted. I have another section to send to them soon, that being a lower AFB body on which I want them to re bush the primary shaft. They tried to talk me out of it, but will do it if I want. They are very honest and straight forward as well as knowledgable.

It's a small family operation, but they know what they are doing and are well equipped to handle our NCRS member's needs.

Stu Fox

[Joe C.]

Re: Rebuilding Carburetors

Keep this very important fact in mind, and read the other thread on carburetor rebuilders as well:

if the core carburetor has internal issues, such as hidden modifications, or modifications that are not easily seen, then any rebuilder/restorer will probably not find it, and send you back a very nice looking carburetor with all the same issues that it had before you paid big $$$$$$$$$$$ to have it restored

I have had this happen to me, and it was up to ME to find the defects/modifications...........sometimes after much time and effort...........after installing the nice, pretty museum piece on engines.

Don't be fooled when the experts tell you that they run them on a drone engine before shipping back to you, because most issues do not show up unless the carb is installed on an engine and run UNDER A LOAD. This cannot be duplicated in a restoration shop unless the shop has a dynamometer.

[Stuart F.]

Re: Rebuilding Carburetors

I think I may have one of those carbs of which you speak, and that is why I only use their service to do refurbishing on just parts and not the entire carburetor. On that I'll trust myself.

Stu Fox

[Joe L.]

Re: Rebuilding Carburetors

Keep this very important fact in mind, and read the other thread on carburetor rebuilders as well:

if the core carburetor has internal issues, such as hidden modifications, or modifications that are not easily seen, then any rebuilder/restorer will probably not find it, and send you back a very nice looking carburetor with all the same issues that it had before you paid big $$$$$$$$$$$ to have it restored

I have had this happen to me, and it was up to ME to find the defects/modifications...........sometimes after much time and effort...........after installing the nice, pretty museum piece on engines.

Don't be fooled when the experts tell you that they run them on a drone engine before shipping back to you, because most issues do not show up unless the carb is installed on an engine and run UNDER A LOAD. This cannot be duplicated in a restoration shop unless the shop has a dynamometer.

Joe------


Absolutely correct! I've been telling folks exactly this for YEARS. It's also one of the reasons that I do not recommend that folks purchase rebuilt carburetors unless there is absolutely no other alternative. I have found that MANY of the cores from which rebuilt carburetors are built were abused, damaged, or deteriorated in some way that cannot be repaired. Such carburetors will NEVER support a well-running engine. NEVER! They can be made to APPEAR just like a brand new original carburetor and they can have "numbers" just like an original carburetor, but they absolutely won't run just like a brand new original carburetor.