hello everyone, just signed up and would appreciate some help.

first off, i have a 1984 advantage jet boat, its a rogers knock off in yellow mostly with blue and a few shades of red through orange.

its a berkeley 2JE A jet drive

running the contraption is a 1983 454 chevy, with i believe small oval headers, and an RV cam. through hull headers, i have a crappy car distributor in it for now, but i have a mallory distributor that will go in once i figure out if it works etc etc. alternator was rebuilt as is the starter. this brings me to my question.

basically i dont know much about carbs. what use to be on top was a holley. i cant remember if its a 650 or 750 cfm or what. on the black sticker where i would assume the model number goes is scratched off.

the marking i can find on it is underneath where the butterfly's? are which is "11508" and on the actual butterfly's it has the number "172" on each of them. on the throttle side it says "P 36" looking at it from the top inside where the gasket is i can see "6R 8026"  and thats about it.

and so my question is that i would appreciate any info on what kind of carb it is as i know this carb will run the boat and or what i should look at for this set up. im not trying to go fast (yet ) im just looking to get back on the water. (been sitting for a number of years, last year we finally got the engine to light up and the carb was leaking all over and light up on fire)

im looking for a used carb, (on a student budget) i would like to know the difference with a "double pumper" and "accellerater" as thats what i'v been able to find in my search. thanks for all the help and sorry if i bored you to death :X

i'll try and see if i could get some pics of it up so you can see the mess im playing with

well, the choke horn (after looking up what that was D:) is bent inward, and the butterfly's up top wont shut.

the "list" number on them that i can see is

3310-10
0313

chop the choke horn off.  who needs that?

well, the choke horn (after looking up what that was D:) is bent inward, and the butterfly's up top wont shut.

the "list" number on them that i can see is

3310-10
0313

Your "butterfly's up top" is actually a single choke butterfly,, correct?  That can usually be removed,, but I am from Southern California,, no real need for a choke to start an engine here. 

Let me suggest that you have someone who knows carbs better than you take a look at that one and tell you if it's worth rebuilding or not.  Holley carbs are reasonably easy to work on, and for a mild engine the vacuum secondaries are not really going to hamper you at all, and may increase fuel economy some, as it was designed to do.

so i started looking around online and ended up going to my local auto parts place who forwareded me to http://www.carbsonly.com/ carlos there said the main body is no good, and also the primary fuel bowl. showed me another main body he had laying around for $60, said the rebuild kit was around $35.

 sounds fair to me at this point. but then i asked him if i could just clean the carb with carb cleaner and a toothbrush or something he said i would run into problems ( the carbs been sitting under a tarp and boat cover for about 4-5 years now) 

I asked what he would suggest and he said they do a hot tank drop and shake the dirt/grim off, which would run around $80 ( i'll have picture of it up on monday my brothers going to loan me his camera). so that brings me to about $175. i asked how much he would charge to rebuild it with the hot tank wash treatment and he quoted me $230.

im think i want to rebuild it myself so that way i can tune it out on the lake etc etc


about the single choke butterfly being removed, i also live in southern california, can i really run the carb with out it?
about the primary fuel bowl being bad, it has a leak on the top screw, it was nicked pretty bad but i think a new screw and washer would get me on the water for now.

once again thanks for the help i really do appreciate it, you guys are helping me get back on the water!!!!!

i think getting a new double pump is out of my price range. i'm happy with the 53mph gps i'v seen on it on elsinore way back when it was actually running

With the money you are getting quoted on that one, might be reasonable to replace it.  A guy that I build dirt track race engines for just bought a good used ready to run 750 double pump carb for his race car for $250. 

You absolutely don't need the choke, most "performance" carbs don't even  have them,, they just interrupt airflow. 

Also,, a different carb probably will not increase your speed noticeably,, or perhaps not at all.

I think I have a couple of 750 vacuum secondary carbs here, probably would need a kit since they have been sitting, but should both be completely usable besides that if you want to rebuild one yourself. 

pics. i think this time it should work 

one more of the "butterflys that wont go down"

the choke horn is bent.  i would just unbolt the choke mechanism on the side, and remove the shaft/blade.  then take a pair of channel locks and bend the horn back straight.  chokes are pretty useless around here. 

can i cut the choke horn off and still use the main body? i'm going to work on it and get some pictures up when its done

ok, the primary bowl's done. i think i'll be picking one up this week

i'm going to try and salvage this carb

thanks and i'll keep you guys updated on the progress

how do i take this last plate off?

does the gold colored spring/button come off?

That's called the "metering plate".  The gold colored "button" in the center is actually the power valve, and it is threaded in from the opposite side.

At the top of the metering plate there are two indentations,, carefully use a screwdriver in them to pry it off(it should come off reasonably easily)  Resist any urges to put a screwdriver between the metering plate and main body.