I just ordered a remanufactured carb for my '79 210 (4-speed A14). The old one has a cracked body which was making it idle very high and rough and waste lots of gas. But anyway, I was wondering if you guys have any tips for me when I do the swap. Any special precautions to take, things to look at or do with the new carburetor? I've never done it before so I don't have a clue. I'm just planning to take a bunch of pictures, pull the new one off and put the new one on. I do have some reference books to look at as well.

By the way, I bought the remanufactured carb at www.nationalcarburetors.com. About $180 w/ lifetime warrenty and free shipping (summer special). Now the question is - will they take my core? Hehe..

Thanks for any help!
michael

It's fairly easy to do except for all the hoses connected. You might label each one with masking tape as you remove the hoses.

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lol hehehehe

Thanks dd. I just got it yesterday and hopefully will do the install on Saturday. In order for the warranty to be valid I have to replace the fuel filter, install a second filter provided by the carb manufacturer, and purge the gas lines. I'm not sure how to purge the lines - any ideas on that?

Also anything else to do after the install before starting it up? Will it fill with gas automatically by the fuel pump? Thanks for the help.
michael

Oh here's a pic of the reman carb. Woohoo!

nice looking and clean carby.

thats the original carb right?? and you are using the mechanical fuel pump (standard).
then no, the carb will not automatically fill as such. The carb will begin to fill as soon as you start to turn the motor over. It might take a while, so make sure that the battery is well charged. without pulling that nice clean carb apart, i think thats the only way.

To purge the lines, which seems silly really considering alll the crap in the tank that you cant cleanout anyways, just disconnect the fuel line at the tank end as well as at the carb end, and let it drain out. If that doesent drain for what ever reason, then you could blow on the end of the pipe to clear it out, or you could use compressed air,but I would be a bit duboius aboutusing compressed air due to the posibility of fire,so I think puting your car on an angle and blowing should do the trick. just make sure that you are on the up side, or you may cop a mouthfull of fuel, which is not good for you health depite what some may say.

Reguardless, the manufacturer is not going to know if you have purged the line, let alone of you have done it properley, and considering that the line is about to be filled with the fuel that has all the crap from the tank in it, i doubt that it ill make a difference and considering that you are going to use a new filter and another one that they supplied, the i think that you are faily safe anyways. Cosidering that your original carb has problly never had anything done to it, and the only reason that it is bing retired is a crak in the body, shows that the original hitachi is a pretty tough realible unit.

In summation, if you cant be bothered to purge the lines, in my opinion, dont worry about it.

i put a 1400 carb on a 1200 eng gos good not that hard 2 fit

Thanks reuby_tuesday, that helps a lot. I'm sure this is the original carb but I'm not sure about the fuel pump, but most likely it is the standard mechanical one. It doesn't sound like it'll be too tough of a job.
Michael

Purging? That's a new one on me. Anyways, yes, the line at the fuel filter will automatically start draining the thank. After a few seconds of that, you might be best to drain the entire fuel tank (there is a handy drain plug on 1200 tanks) and put clean gasoline back in. If you drain into a clean bucket, any dirt or water will settle to the bottom of the bucket (very visible). Then just pour the top part back into the tank.

Yes, you'll just need to crank the engine a bit before it will fill the carb bowl and fire. You might consider disconnecting the coil and cranking until you see some fuel in the carb sight-glass.

I would also recomend at least a little fuel {20-30ml} to be put into the top of the Carbi {toward the left side} manually, whilst cranking for faster starting up .

As for purging,what-ever{my first time heard of it as well}.

Datsun 1200s already have a small fuel tank in the engine compartment for faster start up (the carburetor float bowl). If yours is leaking out overnight, you might put new gaskets on the jet plugs.