Mike,
I assume you have the shop manual? That's the best info I've found
on the "B". Another suggestion is Bill Toboldt's "Fix Your
Chevrolet" (copyright 1955-61), Chilton's "Your Complete Handbook On
How To FIX CHEVROLETS" (copyright 1955), and Rochester Carburetor's
"The ABC's Of Carburetion", a pamphlet that appears to have been
published in '51 or '52 though it appears not to have been
copyrighted.
I will be happy to email you the relevant sections from the above
publications if you wish. My shop manuals only cover '48 through
'54, but the info on the Model "B" shouldn't have changed between
then and '58, the significant changes occurred between the '51 and
'52 models. Let me know if you want the section from my shop manual
too.
They say that the Rochester "B" is one of the easiest carburetors
there is too rebuild, and once you know what all the parts are, what
they're supposed to do, and how they're supposed to do it, it all
seems really pretty simple.
As for that leaking, if it's just seeping a little from gasket I'd
adjust the float to spec and if that doesn't do the trick, add a
little to the float drop so the needle valve closes before fuel gets
up to gasket level.
Barrett Revis
Sparks, NV
'53 3105
'48 3105
On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 17:06:17 -0600 (MDT), oletrucks-digest wrote:
>Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 22:10:34 -0700
>From: "Mike the Langman" <langman10@hotmail.com>
>Subject: [oletrucks] Suggestion for book on Rochester 1Bs
>
>Any suggestions for a book(s) on the Rochester 1B carbs, or Roch in
>general
>with a chapter or two on the 1B? I've got a bunch to learn about
>carbs in
>general, but especially about these babies.
>
>Thanks go out to the helpful posts in the archive about leaking at
>the bowl
>seal, and that slight leaking is unfortunately common. I thought my
>problem
>was unique. I know that some seals/gaskets are designed to swell up
>when
>wet, thus sealing better. But mine leaks just barely, enough to say
>"Mmm,
>that can't be right" but not enough to say, "Shut that thing off,
>it's going
>to blow!" :)
>
>Mike A
>'58 Chevy 1/2 ton
-- Barrett Revis, snappydog@jackass.net on 04/09/2001
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