If your of any age close to Tony and haven't done what he's doing you might as well give up it's no big deal.

Agreed

Holy smokes! Someone get this guy a tissue to wipe his nose!

Many shops would just send you down the road once they heard you threw a carb on and it didn't work... They don't have time for it. Once more don't have a clue about it...

@@kramnull8962 Most shops only know how to throw parts at cars too!

@@bigbear5510 Yep yep.

@@kramnull8962 In my defense as a young guy who went through auto mechanic training 10 years ago none of our instructors even taught us how to work on older stuff like carburetors or even how they work. They just taught us how to work on modern cars because when you go out into the world looking for employment as a mechanic that is usually what you will be working on. Can't really expect us to know how to fix or work on stuff that we have never been taught to fix and have never had the opportunity to even work on.

@@GnarshredProductions I know. I had Auto Mechanics in High School, as well as a Mechanic Dad. But I really doubt many High Schools even offer it nowadays. Sad but true. Just like Carpentry classes...

Vacuum stuff is neat though because it is analog and 99% of the time can be repaired with out replacing any parts with the exception of vacuum hose. The old vacuum ac controls were easy to diagnose and fix but the modern electronic ac blender controls and actuators usually fail without warning and generally have to be thrown away and replaced. They both have their issues but the vacuum stuff seems to have stood up to the test of time better.

That's '50s engineering.

Yeah damn heater controls, PVC, Power Brakes, Vac advance, Vac secondaries and a bunch to emissions junk.

Ford model t and model a had vacuum operated windshield wipers. Wipers would slow down or quit when the throttle was opened up like when going uphill.

@@davidleonard8369 a buds 52 international pickup had em too.

@Bulitt Nose It's a labor of love and a love of labor.

@@oldpolak5203 We call em a Basket case.

@@jamesmay9345 Basket case means its completely torn down last I knew. When's The grand tour season 4 coming out?

@@jamesmay9345 Lol Nah, a basket case is "well here is the block and those boxes have all the parts...I think"

Also: Use 10,961 for chiggen wire: holding a choke open

Not this mutt. lol I can do my own stuff. Quadrajets are my thing. I'd have pulled that carb off the engine real early. much easier to deal with the vac leks around the carb. verify its got the right gasket. examine the throttle plate to make sure its not damaged. Jiggling the accel pump is an easy way to see if its still lean and that engine was dramatically lean. but Tony didn't waste much time getting it a lot better than it was. incidentally that is a '74 or earlier carb . the '75 and later has different look at the front. I like to pick electric choke carbs as they are much easier to get the choke ligned up properly for a tap the pedal once and crank. The choke pulloff solenoid seems to be missing. the choke would hold the plates solidly closed . the extra rich would suck fuel into the engine rel quick and the pulloff as soon as there is vacuum would pull the choke open to a proper setting. allowing the engine to run without flooding. the heat riser and various other choke systems are far more finicky. One more thing, without the choke being held open the linkages will prevent the secondaries from opening. Not surprised by the customers report of the first attempt of having a bad float. current remans are of horrible quality.

@@blair79bear38 come on not every guy needs to be a car guru I’m 100 percent sure that he’s looking at these comments and calling him a mutt isn’t gonna do anything but resent uncle Tony’s perceived audience of pretentious car weirdos

@@theeoddments960 I was calling MYSELF a mutt. Thought I was clear about it.

@@blair79bear38 I agree with you. Quadrajets are the easiest carbs to get functioning correctly, consistently and smoothly. I just recently found out from online forums and stuff that the have a bad reputation, which blows my mind. It's so much easier to get a good running chevy with a Quadrajet than a Holley or eldebrock etc. I'd say it takes very little intelligence or mechanical aptitude to work on anything automobile related but I've been blown away with all the ridiculous comments about such an old and simple device as quadrajet carbs. People really over think Automotive mechanics. It's technology that is well over 120 years old, vast amounts of information available for free but folks just make it seem so difficult. Anyone with an IQ at the bottom level of average can learn all aspects of this technology within a year or two if they would just look at it, for what it is.. it's simple well over a century old technology that a monkey can do

Golf tee's were always found in my dads tool box and now you'll find them in mine.

@@ljshoreslokal The plastic golf tee's don't suck vacuum like the wood ones can when used for testing purposes.

Those cheap rubber caps don't last. Bolt in a hose is an upgrade.

@@carlt6932 The vinyl caps seem to last, I have some about 5 years old now still in good shape. I don't understand the rubber caps, the ones you buy new last about a year at best, but the ones made in the 70's still work. There was a vacuum tree on our old dodge van, had about 5 rubber caps on it and had those caps on there since the 80's, they were still like new when we sold the thing 3 years ago.

@@MattsRageFitGarage It is because they didn't cheap out on the vulcanization of rubber.

Or my tenth pait job...

I’ll second that.

or my first attempt at welding

My 318 had a vacume leak intake.. Put rtv worked till I got another engine installed uncle tony big help videos👍👍

I use an unlit propane torch to hunt for the source of the vacuum leak. The engine rpm picks up when propane gets sucked in, just like with gasoline, but there is no puddle of gas waiting for it's number in the spotlight.

Who the hell needs obd 2 diagnostic computer, and an "automotive technician" when you got old handy mechanic uncle Tony pouring gasoline on vacuum lines. Straight up old school, reminds me of the times when I was 6 or 7 years old watching my dad work on his car, sometimes he'd yell, get away from the car, hed squirt starter fluid or gasoline on carburetor, lines, just like uncle Tony, no fire retardant clothing, gloves, protective eyewear, or fire extinguisher, just all mechanical no gimmicks. "I know what I'm doing". I love you UTG, seriously I'm not trying to mock you. But you remind me of an era where it was about getting things done, not worrying about what if this or that may happen. Sadly now its digital technological era where there are no more mechanics of the old way of doing things.

Uncle Tony proving a cigarette won't ignite gasoline is one of the greatest KZfaq clips I ever saw. 😅

@@christopherjohnson1348 You should try Drilling holes in your 72 ElCamino Floorboard To install Camaro Bucket seats, then realizing you just drilled through your Fuel Line!?!! Good Times!?!?😜🤣😂😃

That's because he plays with his stress chicken everyday. LOL Not sure if ya seen that video.

At least the guy was trying to figure it out. Isn't that how we all started?

@@annamariequigley6594 Yes, most of us have all been there. At least he went to right place to get some great advice.😎

@@annamariequigley6594 Absolutely but usually when somebody knows something about obscure things they act like douche bags but Tony generally really wants to help people

Ain't that a kick in the head

2 things can make anyone look good now days carbs AND flat tapet camshafts. Haven't wiped a love yet(knock on wood). Carburetors are the mystical jedi art now guy's. I get to be Sidious 😁

This guy found out one of the quirkiest lessons in life. You have to tighten the carb or you'll have a vacuum leak. Over tighten and You'll have a vacuum leak... At the same time, I think UT also tightened the carb wrong, seems like you would tighten in a X pattern to not warp the carb. in/lb. torque wrench and a manual is your friend in this case...

@@kramnull8962 yes if that was me I would have loosened them all up a bit and retorqued them. Probably would have flattened out nice. But either way it showed the issue.

These cars didn't have vacuum advance. Timing was controlled by the computer. So was the fuel ratio. Factory cars didn't have adjustable vacuum advance but you could buy an aftermarket adjustable vacuum canister.

He said pvc valve, so I thought he was using plumbing parts, until Tony silently said "pcv valve"

@@skyartrc8286 Looks like he went to Home Depot and picked up some plumbing adapters that use a different thread the standard thread thus cross treading and leaks, my guess anyway could be wrong

Yep.

It won’t last long. None of Tony’s “series” last very long.

@@millionare46pk what's your point?

At least he didn't RTV it all around.....yet. 😂

Yeah, But, I Bet You Didn't Expect A Brand New Spark Plug!?!! LOL 🤭😜

Probably still has the ccc distributor too.

nothing like crush velor I used to love the lower t-shirts back in the day too felt like the interior of the car

Please don't tell me that you got to watch a video to see how to adjust the idle?

@@79tazman Please don't tell me you demean babies for having teeth to chew a steak...

@@79tazman it's almost like he wants to learn and do it himself. It's almost like everyone isn't born with all the knowledge. Its almost like you probably had to learn it sometime yourself. You're the reason hobbies die.

I have no shame I’ll admit I don’t know what I’m doing yet but I’m loving learning how to do these things. I changed my heater core a month ago and did some small body work with no prior experience. Plus I have been watching videos (love Uncle Tony’s) but also learning from people in person and experience, keep on wrenching guys 🤘

Yes but if he put an Olds Carb on it instead of a Chev he would have a choke and probably less vacuum leaks.

@@Ian-of9oi the electric conversion is fairly easy . Chances are he bought it from a builder. And you just get what you get unless you either ask or send in a rebuild core.

@@oldsrktracer never tried to convert one but yeah can be done.

No gas isn't flammable anymore.

And Tony didn't flinch when he heard that 'cause he's been there half a dozen times.

My guess is the rears are drums.

Been there

either way i laughed cause ive been there too !! ive been with ZERO brakes too and that is plain scary

The rears were always garbage on those cars, I remember twisting rear cylinders and stuck proportionall valve pins. You would get one of these for 500 bucks with a new set of front pads in the trunk.

Belt buckles or the brass button on your jeans will screw a new paint job quick.

@@billycarr7446 are you guys blind? Look how far tony stands back while working on it. He has to reach very far because he is careful not to lean on the fenders. I have done the same thing for decades. If I'm going to have to work on a car for more than a few minutes than I use a fender cover only because it's tiring to lean over that far.

He should have messed with them more.

You can find a dry clogged carb this way too.

It was originally a ccc car but not anymore since it's got the wrong carburetor. Who knows what else is missing.

I just happen to have this 3 foot long screwdriver handy

You on Facefuck? Join the g-body groups

He was standing back too!

@@bigbear5510 You know his fear. I've seen a many of Gbody's with burnt hoods...

@@kramnull8962 Yeah, I rebuilt a Q-jet on a friends '77 Firebird and it kept backfiring through the carb at first but I got it sorted out pretty quickly. Someone played with the timing trying to get it running before I looked at it. They put a new spark module in the distributor but it was bad. I had it checked, they had 4 on the shelf and the first three they checked were bad. "No returns on eclectic parts" but I watched they guy put the three bad ones back on the shelf.🙄🙄😲

@@bigbear5510 I got a 1970 Impala with a 300hp 350. Dad said it backfired through the QJet when it was cold leaving work at lunch. Never ran right again. He put a new factory cam in it, lifters and timing gears and chain. Still nothing ever fixed the idle issues. He was always a Ford and Mopar mechanic mainly. I took the quad off this year and it didn't seem like the idle mixture screws were set properly. From what I have heard and read they are supposed to be set using a vacuum gauge. Anyways, I'm wanting to rebuild it and throw that mule in a 1992 S10. He passed away so I'm having to just do things on it by ear and hesitant because of the problems he had. Good info you got for me there; Thanks....

@@kramnull8962 Yeah, I didn't have my vacuum gauge with me went I rebuilt my friends carb but I turned the screws all the way in and back out 1 1/2 turns it was pretty close. I did go back and used my vacuum gauge and it was pretty close, just needed a little adjustment. I think I paid about $20 for my vacuum gauge, it also does fuel pressure. Good luck with your future projects!😎

Rags were just temporary until you could get some jb weld in there right?