Inspecting a Zenith

[Wick]

Car was having carburetor issues so I pulled it down.
Removed the air maze filter, throat of choke had a sticky buildup of old gas. Main jet was almost plugged and the float was too high, 2 gaskets under the gross jet.
That was the usual things I find.
I bead blasted the body with walnut shells, then inspected both for cracks. After I found the crack, I decided to see how flat the surface was. The pictures tell the story. I'll be saving this one for show and tell.
This carb was mounted to a B intake, the gav tube was bent badly.

 

[Gary WA]

Thanks Wick! Good find! and for others to take notice,

 

[shew01]

Is the ear the “normal” place to see cracks? Does the body ever crack?


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[katy]

It's fixable.

 

[Brentwood Bob]

Shew, I have found several body cracks, that is an excellent reason to static test cores, and rebuilts. The surface on the underside of the intake is overlooked also. In tom endy's articles he shows his testing apparatus.

 

[shew01]

Shew, I have found several body cracks, that is an excellent reason to static test cores, and rebuilts. The surface on the underside of the intake is overlooked also. In tom endy's articles he shows his testing apparatus.

Good to know.


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[Wick]

I removed the B intake yesterday to install the A intake, this is what I found. You can not see this when the intake was on the engine. One of the washers holding the intake was missing, this is what someone rigged up.
The choke rod tube was a piece of brake line.