by Mastiffen » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:13 pm
The next few days I'm gonna do my best to tear apart the car and rebuild it with a new kit. Scarily what I've seen so far doesn't look half bad (for my totally untrained eye). So maybe I have to look for my problems another place when this is done. The carb is as far as I can see a Rochester 2G, but I'm not sure if it's an E or a C.
Edit: It's a 2GE, because there is a bowl vent on top of the air horn (at least I think that's what it is, the description mentions spring, plastic vent and two screws, and that set of parts is underneath a small cover on the top of the air horn).
So far I have removed the carb and gotten the air horn loose, with the floater and a few other choice items.
1: The first hurdle: In the shop manual it says "Remove power piston by depressing stem and allowing it to snap free". And I'm depressing the stem (a long, thin brass rod with a spring around it) like a trumpet valve, but nothing snaps free! Any ideas? Also, should I remove that, or isn't it necessary?
2. I have the float bowl free. But there's one part in it that I haven't managed go get loose: Underneath the Venturi cluster assembly (does it show that I have the shop manual? I almost fool myself into thinking I know something about this! And I am good at following instructions, as long as they are clear) there's a T retainer with a spring and a small ball (unlike my own, that has to be bigger than I thought because I haven't given up yet!). It's hard to get out, and I'm scared I may mess up that retainer. Do I need to pull this out?
I'm really Mastiff - but that was taken here...
'78 Oldsmobile Starfire V6 (soon to be V6 Turbo)