Broken carburetor mounting ear

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Billybob57

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Has anybody had success repairing a broken mounting flange ear on a Zenith carburetor? And if so, what method did you use. Or do you know where a person can purchase just the top casting?
 
Check with Gary WA on this site. He may have some as he was offering to help another member with a lower casting. Scroll down to the topic Zenith, about 10 rows down.
 
Billybob57 said:
Has anybody had success repairing a broken mounting flange ear on a Zenith carburetor? And if so, what method did you use. Or do you know where a person can purchase just the top casting?
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I have had a double Venturi welded but you have to know how to do it correct! But it can be done!!!
 
im not saying this is the way to do it, just a story
my dad brazed one back together over 50 years ago and it is still holding.
 

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I brazed one together, a PO had made an attempt to fix it and had ground some material off of the smaller piece, this left a space between the 2 pieces. I made a jig to hold the 2 pieces rigidly in proper alignment with a space between the pieces and the jig so that the jig wouldn't get attached to the carburetor pieces. After that it was a simple job to fill the gap w/braze.
Hope this makes sense.
 
Contact Steve Becker at Bert's Model A in Denver. He has a ton of zenith parts. Literally, a ton, I am sure. It will cost less in time and money than fiddling with trying to repair it. Unless, of course, you enjoy the challenge.
 
I had a late 31 done by a friend a while ago and he arc welded it and it turned out fine. It wasn't the prettiest weld but it worked. I made the jig.
 
katy said:
I brazed one together, a PO had made an attempt to fix it and had ground some material off of the smaller piece, this left a space between the 2 pieces. I made a jig to hold the 2 pieces rigidly in proper alignment with a space between the pieces and the jig so that the jig wouldn't get attached to the carburetor pieces. After that it was a simple job to fill the gap w/braze.
Hope this makes sense.
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we must be related. lol
 
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