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Cutaway Carburetor

Post by ThreePedalTapDancer » Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:16 am

I recently saw this on tbay, and wondered if anyone has made a cutaway T carburetor, or found an original training aid with the quality cuts like this one?
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Re: Cutaway Carburetor

Post by varmint » Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:54 am

You should go for it but I believe that if you attempt to make one you'll actually make two.
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Re: Cutaway Carburetor

Post by perry kete » Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:54 am

You should be able to buy it at half price!
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Re: Cutaway Carburetor

Post by varmint » Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:51 pm

Ed,
I have what I believe is left of a Kingston carburetor that could serve no better purpose than be cut in half, even if it is just for practice. If you are serious and I can find it, then I will send it to you for free.
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Re: Cutaway Carburetor

Post by KWTownsend » Mon Feb 01, 2021 3:17 pm

When I was in Auto Shop class 40+ years ago, one assignment was to cut up a carburetor to be able to demonstrates how it worked. After doing the assignment with a 1960s era carburetor, I did one out of a non-salvageable Holley NH. The teacher and my classmates got kick out of it!


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Re: Cutaway Carburetor

Post by jiminbartow » Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:23 pm

There are so many ports throughout a carburetor, you would need a cutaway of a cutaway of a cutaway in order to get a cross section of each port and where they go. I’ll bet Stan Howe has many carburetor cross sections. Jim Patrick


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Re: Cutaway Carburetor

Post by T Cruiser » Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:48 pm

I have a Model t carb that was cut in half.that came in a pile I bought years ago.You can have it if you pay the freight. Ted 503 728 3476


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Re: Cutaway Carburetor

Post by StanHowe » Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:05 pm

They are more common than you might think. Pretty much every company had cutaways for their salesmen and repair training.

There are quite a few of those Kingston L carbs still around and in use, the flapper and the cork are usually in bad condition. Some guy somewhere was making flappers out of brass a few years ago. Last one I did went to Ireland for some tractor I'd never heard of.

One I've always wanted to find was a Stromberg OF cutaway showing the circuits. I have photos but no brass-in-the-hand one. I have a couple other ones somewhere in a box.

Once you've done a couple thousand of them the circuits are pretty obvious, sometimes tho, the way the passage was drilled is not so obvious.

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Re: Cutaway Carburetor

Post by DanTreace » Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:22 pm

Think this is other side of that Kingston, at GA swap meet today.

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And a barn fresh ‘23 , owner asking $4000, complete less top and rims/tires.
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