To rebuild or not to rebuild. That is the question

[spareparts]

yeah, that definately a truck carb, the external bowl vent is a dead give away, that could be a serious safety hazard. looks like someone swaped in a complete truck engine by the valve covers. Check with summit racing, or ebasicpower.com for a true marine Holley carb for that thing. You'll need to fasion a metal fuel line to repalce teh rubber one, and ditch that glass inline fuel filter(another safety issue), install a water separating fuel filter before the fuel pump, the new carb usually comes with a screen in the inlet

[THEFERMANATOR]

I didn't think they ever offered the FORD carbs for marine use in the first place. HOLLEY, CARTER and ROCHESTER build all of the marine carbs I've seen.All of the cossosion on it is another giveaway of it being a truck carb, marine carbs are normally ZINC coated to resist corrosion as you don't want a big hole to open up in your carb and let gas run out on a hot engine. This is a marine style carb. Notice the J vent directing the fuel vapors directly back into the venturis. You could also look on EBAY and I'm sure you can find an old 2 barrel ROCHESTER off a low HP V8 and bolt right on and go with your current engine.

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

[drbarbara]

[quote=THEFERMANATOR;124128]
". This is a marine style carb. Notice the J vent directing the fuel vapors directly back into the venturis. You could also look on EBAY and I'm sure you can find an old 2 barrel ROCHESTER off a low HP V8 and bolt right on and go with your current engine."

So is this a marine carburator or not a marine carburator. I thought it looked like a Holley 2bbl from the pictures I have seen. Are they interchangeable between Holley and rochester?

Sorry for newbie question

[nipper]

I think he was telling you that the pictured carb in the link he posted is a marine style carb.