So the carb shop near my house wants to charge me $450 to rebuild my carburetor and to fine adjust it on their dyno/smog equipment. I honestly think that's a fair price but at the same time I could rebuild the carb for less than $50 just not sure if the rebuild kit comes with the MC solenoid. reason why I failed smog and get 15 mpg combined btw.
$300-400
Thats not too bad if they can guarantee a pass of smog, but you could at least try it yourself first to save $$$. I highly doubt the mc solenoid will come in the kit. Probably depends on how much the kit is. You never know what else could be wrong with a 25 year old truck. When youy get the carb straightened out you could still have bad catalytic converters.
Seems like everyone on here gets rid of the stock carb and runs a weber unit instead.
He is in Cali, he can't get rid of the OEM carb.
I had them diagnose the carb and they said it was the mc solenoid for sure. and yeah I am in san diego CA so i can not use the weber but I would have love the just go that route
where are you looking for a rebuilt. all i can find is from napa and they want $1050 for a rebuilt mikuni carb
Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_saca...uretor&_sop=16
I would try to find one that originally came on the same size motor as yours, since the OEM 2.6l carb came with bigger jets.
Actually I guess I'm getting a brand new carb from my local carb shop for $450. Really good deal considering new go for $1000+ lol
this might help...there's a place in Burbank, CA called BFIC (burbank fuel injector & carburetor). their #: 877-333-3130. I talked to them a few days ago and it would cost about $300 to rebuild my original carb. Same price if you do a straight exchange of your original for a reman. one (carb. legal of course) btw, for reference, i have a '88 ram50 2.0L
awesome. thats a really good dealOriginally Posted by ikeepzitclean
yep.. Im trying to save up da cash right now so i can get mine done too. its pretty much the only thing keeping me from registering it and gettin it back on the road. lol
waiting till friday/payday to register and its back on the road for me
did u have a chance to get it done?
oh yeah. I've super busy. here is a picture of the emission report before the new carb and afterIMAG0813.jpgIMAG0788.jpg
Who did the rebuild? How much was it? It looks like it's running good now.
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looks good man. glad to see it passed!
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ac delco fsp auto service and parts distributor chula vista main street cross street alamitos avenue. dont remember the exact address
it was a new carb not rebuilt.
^ how much did it run for that new unit? cuz if its cheaper than those guys from burbank I'ma go that route in da future too.
about $450 for the carb and $100 to mount it and tune/tweak it.
seems a bit steep..damn near 6 bills w/ tax and everything. but then again as long as its running right at least and ur happy w/ it bro
If I had access to a smog machine or a 5 gas analyzer I would of done it myself. But it did pass smog and the dude did a really good job adjusting it so I figured I got my moneys worth.
Compared to what I have seen on cali carb prices and the fact you couldn't drive the truck without it or creative licensing, its relatively fair. Beats 1200+ I have seen in the past. I'm all for bending the rules when I can on this stuff, especially for a vehicle that is not a dd.
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well like i said before as long as ur happy w/ it thats what really matters in the end. and it sounds like ur satisfied w/ the end results. but in all honesty, i swear we got wayyy too many pointless laws out here.. lol y cant we have a bit more leniency like other states do?
u got a point there..i agree. u guys are lucky out there tho u dnt need to have carb. #s on every lil modded part or things of that sort.
I would have loved to spend that money on double carbs or changing it out to EFI. But yeah emission laws out here dont make much sense half the timewell like i said before as long as ur happy w/ it thats what really matters in the end. and it sounds like ur satisfied w/ the end results. but in all honesty, i swear we got wayyy too many pointless laws out here.. lol y cant we have a bit more leniency like other states do?
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