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Looking for someone to rebuild a carburetor on 1935 Chevy Standard Coach. Car runs and starts fine but is running rich. Black soot on tailpipe and using a lot of gas. Could be wrong jet size or metering rod. Don't really know. I'm not a carb guy. Contact me here or through email.
Thank you,
Peter V

User name 'Chipper' from Texas rebuilds carbs. IDK if he only does certain years? I have not personally used him yet, but know others who have and are very pleased with his work.
David

Hi Peter

Has it done this as long as you've known the car?

Or is this something that has developed more recently?

I'm certain Chipper does the 29-31 carbs but if he does do your downdraft, it'll come back perfect. mike mccagh

Ditto my reply for your other post. While it may seem a good idea to cover multiple forums for some of us " old timers it causes confusion as we "think" we are having brain fade thinking we have replied but can't see the post.

Hi Stovblt,
It has been doing it since I put the car together last year. Took the carb apart somewhat. Took off bowl, float, etc. but didn't remove jets or any small parts. Cleaned up and painted and adjusted so it would start and run smooth. Drove it around last year and it runs pretty good just rich and getting poor mileage. I have a couple of carbs and used some parts from them if they were better than the ones I took off, top cover had dents, metering rod had a bend, etc.

Hi Peter

I am making the assumption here that you actually are running a Carter W1.

If so... it sounds like you may have at least 2 problems (maybe more) as a result of mixing carburetor parts.

You may have the wrong metering rod for your carburetor.
And it probably isn't timed properly to the throttle opening.
Also, what is your float level set at?

We need to know what carburetor you actually have (there are many models of W1).

If there was still a tag hanging on one of the screws (which is highly unlikely), identification would be simple.
If there was still a visible number stamped into the flat surface of the bottom flange (also not very likely), that would also make it simple.
Outside of that, pictures of the carburetor from several angles, will help.

Once we know that, we'll know what metering rod you should have.

A special gauge is needed to set the timing of metering rod opening in relation to the throttle.

All that said, if you have little experience with W1's, it may be easiest to have your carburetor rebuilt by someone who knows what they are doing like Chipper.

If you would like to try a few things yourself, we'll try to help you with that too. :-)

PS
The gauge you will need is part number T109-25 and will look like the one below.
You can find one here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185478582006?epid=12051024663&hash=item2b2f628ef6:g:ZKYAAOSwRQpit38A&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoHfFQtFKXkwKNN9yLFscpFZtG8OvPiEmE%2B%2FYixqPPkThzE9zQYutVDbyIdtgX8F3F4xCaErh0tQGmPVj21YCtkm5mu3lMuUrzdmSPo2oKt%2B2OMTfRQe35j6lNcEXMSwDGhol2ffOgWNTTf1zIewkfkpYl0v7g74xvjEPmrb0%2BMwY22cbwKy4dyI7or43ERd8PiGMbtlqwfGk3t8KYdA5l4I%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4Ccl7jNYQ

I have sent my carb out for rebuild. Should get it back by the end of the month. Thanks for all the advice.

Pete V