My 86 Chevy pickup, 305 V8, 215K miles, died on me today on the way to work; it
has one
of the the electric quadrajets, and I'm highly suspicious that the carb is the
problem
from the failure symptoms. I'll look for other things when I do diagnostics
(got stuck
with the twins this PM since my wife had a class so I haven't been able to work
on it
yet). But on the carb...
1--I don't want to change to a non stock carb.
2--I know that a new one from the Chevy dealer is incredibly expensive (as in
$800-$1000).
3--Checking around the FLAPS, at least in Knoxville, no one seems to carry
rebuilt
carbs, rebuild kits or parts for these. (The 86 is an odd ball
unit...electronic but
not full computer...think it's non feedback, but the Haynes manual I have isn't
worth
much on this particular topic.)
4--A web search didn't help much either.
I'd like to solicit this group for suggestions (given that I don't want to put
some
other carb on it) for:
* carb rebuilders (maybe found one in TX but that's all)
* carb rebuild kits and/or parts
* used or remanufactured sources.
I don't really want to just go to the junk yard and pull one off a dead truck
that might
have almost as much trouble as mine.
Thanks for any assistance you can offer.
Mark Noakes
Knoxville,TN
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