Quote: I am really glad to have found this board, I recently bought a 70 duster with a /6, and I love it.
Great! Welcome onto the board.
Quote: I don't know much of anything about cars, so i could use advice.
You'll certainly get plenty of that here. I'd suggest you click the red text to read this thread and obtain all three books mentioned in it as soon as you possibly can. They will pay for themselves almost immediately.
Quote: The remanufactured carb (#2) leaked air from where the linkage assembly was attached.
Leaky throttle shaft bushings.
Quote: So I got another from the same parts company, and the fuel inlet housing broke in half when I was connecting the fuel line (#3).
As inept as I can be, I am pretty damn sure it is not my fault.
It wasn't. The lesson here is that "remanufactured" parts are garbage. Virtually all of them, from virtually every source.
Quote: Back out the inlet housing of the carb #2 and replace it in carb #3.
Well, sure, you could, but carb #2 has sloppy throttle shaft bushings that'll make hassles and problems and cause poor running and wasted gasoline.
Quote: Try a new remanufacturer
They're all about the same at this point. Remember, you're dealing with a 36-year-old carburetor that's been abused by the "remanufacturers" probably at least five times, maybe even oftener than that.
Quote: Give up on a single barrel, because something else is a far better choice, ($)
Well, yeah, eventually you may want to change to a 2bbl for increased performance and driveability, but that's not something to tackle right off the bat when you're still learning how cars work and how to work on them. The best course of action right now is to find a good direct-fit carburetor and install it. That can be a good Holley 1920 (the same type of carb you have now), or a good Carter BBS (harder to find but better designed).
Quote: and my personal favorite, "Take it to the mechanic, beats me."
That's an easy way to burn through $$$$$$ and still not have the car running right. Today's mechanics are generally not equipped or knowledgeable to work on yesterday's cars.
Quote: Your thoughts?
If you're on a tight budget, paradoxically, older rebuilt carburetors are a much better bet than new/current ones. Standards of quality were much higher and parts "fresher" back then. The trick is finding a suitable good one! I see them go by every now and then. If you don't have to constrain costs to junkyard rates, a viable option is buying a good non-abused used carb and sending it for complete and careful refurbishing by a specialist. The results can be equivalent in every critical way to a brand-new carburetor. (which reminds me, I might even still have a brand-new one I'm not using in the shop -- hafta look, send me a PM and remind me), and those turn up on the open market from time to time, too.
Is this your one-and-only car, so it needs to be fixed and running right now if not sooner? Or do you have some time to cast around for a good carb?
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