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Buick 40 Series 1948 Shop Manual page 108

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ENGINE FUEL AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS
CARTER CARBURETOR
3-33
6. Rotate eyes of metering rods off pins on
vacumeter piston link and lift rods out, using
care to avoid
bending
them. Remove metering
rod sp
ri ng from
link to avoid damaging it in
later
operat ions.
See figure
3-44.
7.
Remov e throttle
connect or rod and pump
arm link.
Loosen
screws in metering rod and
pump arms, remove spring pin from end of
countershaft, and remove shaft. Lift out meter-
ing rod and pump arms. See figure 3-44.
8. Hold finger on pump plunger guide while
removing guide retainer screw, then remove
Figure 3-44-Removal of Metering Rod and Operating Parts
Figure 3-43-Pump Jet and Housing Assembly
5. Remove pump jet and housing assembly
and lift off air horn gasket. Remove dust cover.
See figure
3-43.
move carburetor from engine .
3. Remove air horn and climatic control as-
sembly from carburetor and disassemble
it,
fol-
lowing procedure given in paragraph 3-24.
4. Remove strainer nut and gasket, and bowl
strainer.
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SCREW
RETAINER
3-25 DISASSEMBLY, CLEANING,
INSPECTION OF CARTER
CARBURETOR
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a. Removal and Disassembly
1.
Remove air cleaner and silencer. Discon-
nect throttle rod, accelerator vacuum switch
wires, choke upper heat pipe, vacuum spark
control pipe, and gasoline pipe.
2. Remove gasoline filter assembly, then re-
Figure 3-42-Air Hom and Climatic Control-Disassembled
Close val
ve
and check for uniform clearance
between edges of valve and wall of air horn.
If
clearance is not uniform, or valve sticks in
air horn at any point, loosen screws and shift
valve
to obtain uniform clearance and freedom
from sticking.
It
is important to have the
choker valve fit properly otherwise hard start-
ing may r
esult.
3. Install coil housing baffle plate and a new
coil housing gasket. Place housing on air horn
with indicator mark at bottom and install re-
tainers, leaving
screws loose. Revolve housing
clockwise (opposite to arrow) until indicator
mark is at large
index
rib on air horn, then
tighten retainer screws.
4. Install choker lever and screw assembly
on choker shaft and attach fast idle connector
rod to
lever.
5. Install air horn and climatic control as-
sembly on
carburetor.
Connect fast idle con-
nector rod to fast idle cam trip lever with a
spring pin. Connect choke upper heat pipe to
choke housing.
6. Adjust fast idle
cam,
choke unloader, and
fast idle adjustment screw as described in para-
graph 3-23.
7.
Install air
cleaner
and silencer.

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