Stromberg Carburetor

My carb had a drip; sent it to Michigan - pricey, but what a difference! Had the lever from the throttle cable lengthened, which gave much more precise control. Also, as the poor thing had been wired to full rich, that was dealt with, so that I can now lean. Results are very pleasant - far less plug fouling, which is good, and yesterday, we made 3.8gph. Not racing around, but then, I seldom do. People at the field clap when I come in, buying 10 gallons at a time. Really! Steve

I understand, Tim. I have no recommendation as to which is better than the other. However, I recently purchased one from Aircraft Supply and it worked Great! I have seen one from Mikes metering service, and it still looked good after 5 years in the airplane. The carburetor had been damaged by the owner using mogas, which put water in the system, and the carburetor had not been drained to remove the water. That cannot be blamed on Mikes Metering Service.
Lynn

So, of the choices listed, it there a real difference in quality?

I am at high altitude and want to take advantage of mixture control. I see it as a near necessity to improve safety at my home field. 6500ft field and 9000ft altitude required to get out of my basin in any direction.

If you're not comfortable recommending one over the other publicly, send me a pm.

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No, it is not necessary to remove the nose bowl to remove the carburetor. I think the easiest way is to remove the cover on the mixture control ( requires removal of the safety wire between the two screws) which can be done fairly easily if you have a ratcheting stubby screw driver attachment. You can then remove all four nuts holding the carburetor to the intake spider. Be sure to remove the fuel line to the gascolator ( and of course shut the fuel off). Then you can remove the carburetor & gascolator as an assembly once you have removed the clamp supporting the gascolator to the brackets.
Now that you have the carburetor out of the airplane, you need to take the carburetor top off to get at the venturi to measure its diameter.
The other option is to remove the carburetor & intake spider as a unit. This requires removing the baffling around the intake tubes so you can loosen both hoses on each end of the intake tubes. After you have the hoses loose and moved so the tubes will come out, you can remove the two nuts holding the intake spider to the engine case and remove the carburetor & intake spider as a unit.
Lynn

How difficult is it to inspect the venturi and jet to verify that it is a C85 setup? Does the nose bowl have to come off?