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Thanks Mel, If the weber site is always correct, it looks like I do not have the original carb. *sigh* -- Jeff Fischer Lake Elmo, MN '71 Chevelle SS, 454, 4 spd, matching numbers (In process of restoration when spring gets here) :) http://people.mn.mediaone.net/addss/chevelle.html At 12:46 PM 2/19/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List >------------------------------------------------------------ > >Jeff....... > >Your Carb # is 7042210QE 0872 > >1972 Quadra-Jet installed in a Chevy Automatic according to this chart >http://www.weber-carburetors.com/quadnumber.htm > >For your vacuum lines .......on my Q-jet the front one you have circled goes >to the distributor vacuum advance and the second one on the side of the >choke on mine is blocked off but the Q-jet literature I have says it goes >to the air cleaner assmbley arrestor (mine doesn't have one so it is blocked >off). > >Hope this helps. > >Mel >67 Malibu SS > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jeff Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:39 AM >Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Choke help > > > >Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List >------------------------------------------------------------ > >Ok, got the carb back and does it look nice. As far as the carb number, >that is a little baffling to me as there are numbers all over the damn >thing. Here are a couple possibilities, "42742" and "7042210QE 0872" If >neither of these are the correct number, any hints where the carb number is >located would be helpful. On the front of the carb there is a vacuum port >that was blocked up with rubber hose and a screw in it. The guy at the carb >shop suspected it went to the distributor but that is piped off the side. >Any ideas on what is might be for? Here is a picture of it, >http://people.mn.mediaone.net/addss/plugport.jpg & >http://people.mn.mediaone.net/addss/unkport.jpg Also I noticed a small >pigtail clip just hanging in the air that is coming from a small condenser >looking thing mounted to the back of the coil, here is a pic of it, hope >you can see it. http://people.mn.mediaone.net/addss/pigtail.jpg > >This pic shows the lower or closest port running off to the distributor and >on the front the plugged up port >http://people.mn.mediaone.net/addss/vacport1.jpg >Where should this go? Amazing the car runs with all this stuff >disconnected or mickey moused! > >In the service manual I can only find them torqueing down a different >looking carb where they say to tighten all bolts first to 36 in. lbs. then >finish tightening to 144 in. Lbs. Does this sound correct? ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
