Tea pot carb help

[scooder]

If you change to a 97 or a Rochester you'll have to swap out the ignition. 8BA type 94 is ok, it's the loadamatic ignition on there and must have a loadam carb with the vacuum line half way up the back.
Martin.

[Johnnydidd]

will the 2GC work off the later model chevy?

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Johnnydidd

will the 2GC work off the later model chevy?

No! Even though they look like the same animal, they are physically larger in almost every dimension.........certainly won't bolt-on to the Merc flatty. DD

[tubman]

If you use an early 2GC, you'll find that it has to mounted backwards so the linkage etc. ends up on the proper side. I have one on a Canadian aluminum Merc manifold. While the bolt pattern is the same, the throttle bores on the Merc manifold are quite a bit smaller. I bored mine out to match the carb.

[Walt Dupont--Me.]

Originally Posted by tubman

If you use an early 2GC, you'll find that it has to mounted backwards so the linkage etc. ends up on the proper side. I have one on a Canadian aluminum Merc manifold. While the bolt pattern is the same, the throttle bores on the Merc manifold are quite a bit smaller. I bored mine out to match the carb.

Tubman. Are you saying the aluminum Canadian intake has bigger throttle bore? I have one of those intakes hanging in my shop for 10yr's or more, never realized it had a bigger bore. Walt

[tubman]

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Originally Posted by Walt Dupont--Me.

Tubman. Are you saying the aluminum Canadian intake has bigger throttle bore? I have one of those intakes hanging in my shop for 10yr's or more, never realized it had a bigger bore. Walt

No. it has the same throttle bore size as an American one. If you read my post again, you will see I "bored it out" to the same size as the 2GC. I used something called a "Roto-Broach" I got from an outfit called "Drills and Cutters". It was expensive ($135), but it worked extremely well. So well, as a matter of fact, I'll bet it would work on an iron manifold.

BTW, if you are tired of having that manifold "hanging in my shop", I'll glady take it off your hands. On the other hand, if you want to run it, I'll let you use my "Roto-Broach" to bore it out. It will work with a regular drill press (I used a scrap 2GC base bolted to the manifold as a guide).

Also, I have a friend who just got a '53 Mercury. He was having similar problems and got a kit from Daytona Parts. Put it in and problem solved.