66Satellite47
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If the manifold is aluminum, it's either an original A12 or the EDE CH6. A very good manifold. The meter plates appear to be the '69 1/2, the '70 & later plates have different shape.
69 Coronet, 440 6 pack ex wannabee in Aus
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aussiewannabee69
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Yeah it’s aluminium but has no casting numbers or brand on it. So is the 69 1/2 plates not as good due to the modification? That thin plate is all bent up now. Not super bad but definitely not straight.
aussiewannabee69
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Photos of the intake.
66Satellite47
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So apparently some one ground off the numbers. My set off '70 carbs worked the best. Not sure why.
aussiewannabee69
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Why would anyone grind the numbers off? Well it fits in with the rest of the weird things I find on this car haha.
ckessel
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Looks like one of the contributing factors on the plates being stuck was the use of cork gaskets from a parts store rebuild kit and not a Holley. Hopefully the secondary bowls don't have the big nut stuck/stripped.
66Satellite47
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No idea why. But I know both the OEM A-12 manifold and EDE aftermarket version had casting numbers. I had both. Back in the day, I ground a lot of stuff off, but never off the intake.
aussiewannabee69
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Yeah maybe they just wanted it to look flush. Would have been nice to know what it was.
aussiewannabee69
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Yeah they are really stuck on there good. The only kit i could source locally isnt the 6 pack kit. its a holley fast 2300 kit, but it doesnt look like it comes with the secondary metering plate gasket. I have to try hunt that down now
66Satellite47
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Back in the day, was able to get the Holley 6 Pak kits. They had the different versions of the end carb meter plate gaskets. The meter plates were a separate purchase. I was lucky to have a Holley distributor warehouse about 20 miles away and had any part I wanted. The Holley 2300 kit that I got for my oddball modified 500 CFM center carb was not even close to the 6 Pak kit.
ckessel
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Check out the needle and seat units. If they are brass with a big jam nut, stay far away from it.
aussiewannabee69
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Holley HO37-1543 Carburetor Rebuild/Fast Kit 2300 Models 350-500
this is the kit that i could get locally, well in Australia anyway. Hopefully its got some parts that will be alright because i bought 3 of them
aussiewannabee69
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I did find some 6 pack kits, they werent cheap and the shipping killled it for me. Hopefully this kit i am gettting does the job otherwise this poor man will have to pay twice.
aussiewannabee69
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I’ve stripped my fuel pump to inspect the internals. Does anyone know the specs of this pump? I’ve tried searching the web but no luck.
Also when I took it apart a small foam block fell out. Where does that go?
Also when I took it apart a small foam block fell out. Where does that go?
aussiewannabee69
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Ive seen this pump online at summit, it doesnt have the same appearance as the one i have, well the inlet side at least. Is this style for the use with a vapour separator?
If you hose those down with carb cleaner and let it soak in, those plates will peel right off.
aussiewannabee69
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Nice. I will do that tonight.
Any advice to bring that aluminium manifold to look a lot better?
It looks like it was sanded and polished, possibly? I've used acid to brighten cast iron before, but not sure on yours.
aussiewannabee69
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so ive just bought the Pro-Max metering block, throttle base, jet plate kit, lower and upper hose kit. Now i play the waiting game with shipping and customs. Ive spoke to a guy in Aus who replates carbs. seems a bit pricey to get them done though so i will shop around first. Charges $600AUD/carb bout 400USD.
I had an AVS done locally here, and it was about 230 for it. He puts them on an engine that he has on a run stand and dials them in for you. He calls you up and lets you hear it running and idling, revving, etc. I was happy with it. I would say in your area, 300 US would be a fair amount, but a question came to me while writing this, does he replate them for that dollar amount? If so, that doesn't sound too hateful.
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