Hey Mr. Bill White,
This is a bit off topic as I'm not talking about a Ford, but I was in the process of rebuilding a Holley 1920 Carburetor for Lorrie Van Haul, a 1967 Dodge P200 Mail Van with a 225 Slant-Six Engine.
I had the carburetor apart, and put the body into Berryman's ChemDip.
It was in the ChemDip for a week, and when I took it out, the cross tubes in the throat of the carburetor were eaten away! The body seems to be alright, but the cross tubes in the throat are quite delicate, and the bottom of the tubes have disintegrated.
The ironic thing is that I got the rebuild kit, and when I took the carburetor apart, I found that there was nothing wrong with it. The accelerator pump diaphragms were fine. It would have worked the way it was. But I just couldn't leave well enough along.
Like Grandpa said: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
Anyway, is the little cross piece in the throat replaceable? Or do I need a new carburetor?
And if it answer is YES to the disintegrated part, what is what I need called?
And if the answer to the new carburetor is YES, is there another brand and model that would work, or am I stuck with a Holley?
I'd like to not have to modify the throttle linkage, and the choke set-up.
Hope you all are well.
JC