Locked up 2150... rebuildable?

[Hotrodlincoln]

So a friend of mine is getting rid of a 2100 (I'm thinking now its a 2100 not a 2150) out of his 302 Comet. I wanna say its a 74 or 75 something like that. It's free. Problem is, the throttle shaft is seized.

Would it be worth it to tear into it and get it cleaned/freed up and try to use it? I'm not even sure if I can get the shaft out without destroying it. Can I use some certain parts off of a newer working carb if I need to? If not, is there somewhere I can buy replacement parts easily?

Reason I'm considering it is that I can't for the life of me find a 2150 in the junkyard. At least not the kind I need. Every v8 I find with a 2 barrel carb manifold the carb is gone. I found a 3.8, with TBI, several 2.8s with the same feedback carb I have now, but I just can't seem to get there when the right carb is still on an engine.

 

[dangerranger83]

Its free might as well try. PB buster might help you out.

You can turn your feedback carb into a non fedback carb by making a metering block on the back of it. I dont know how to but somebody else here may respond with more info.

 

[kimcrwbr1]

pull the carb apart and soak it in carb cleaner try and get all the rubber parts out of it but dont force it let it soak for as long as necessary until it moves free. If it is for A 2.8 duraspark as long as it has the 1.08 venturi it will work just fine you just need the jets out of the feedback carb #50 or #48. GL

 

[kimcrwbr1]

Dont mess with the throttle butterflys just soak it until it moves free if there is alot of play in the shaft up and down it might not be servicable as it can be vacuum leak.

 

[Hotrodlincoln]

So the shaft just rides in the aluminum of the case there's no bushings or anything that can be replaced? I don't know how bad off this thing might be. The car has been sitting for roughly 5 years... in the woods. It has been under a tarp, but that can only do so much. Mice built a nest in the air cleaner, they couldn't get past the wire mesh of the filter so luckily the carb isn't full of mouse turds and fluff.

I haven't seen it yet in person I'm only going on what he's told me about it. I don't even know if it has the right Venturi at this point. I figure if I can't get it freed up then whatever, but it would be nice to have a whole working carb with the throttle dashpot and proper choke pull off and all that good stuff. I know I can make the stock carb work, I've done it before, it just seems like having all the other things that go along with it would make it work that much better than a stripped down stock one.

 

[kimcrwbr1]

that is correct on the shaft it could be 1.08 venturi and if it has the vacuum pull off it is a 2150. The venturi # is debossed on the flost bowl on the side of the throttle lever in a circle behind the accelerator pump linkage. you can put he jets out of the feedback carb in it but it may not have the PCV nipple on the base. Did you put a metering block on the feedback carb to control the air bleed to the jets.

 

[Hotrodlincoln]

I know where to look for the venturi stamp. I actually found a carb on an F100 in the junkyard over the weekend but it had the 1.21 venturi. Thought about grabbing it anyway for parts, but got sidetracked on something else and forgot to go back for it before I left.

 

[kimcrwbr1]

Hey just wondering did you get that carb working or was it too far gone

 

[Hotrodlincoln]

Been too busy to even pick it up yet. Problem is when I'm not busy, he is, so we haven't had the time to get together to take it off the car. Should be soon though, he's building another engine for it that's almost back together and I'm sure he'll be eager to drop it in the car and get it running.

I'll post some updates when I get it and start pulling it apart. I can only imagine what I'll find.