I have a genie boom with a Ford LSG 432 4 cyl. It has a zenith type 33 carb which is damaged so a rebuild won’t do it. I don’t want to spend $1000 on a carb. anyone know of a cheap knockoff that will do it? Linkage doesn’t matter as I just flip the carb to high idle, also electric or manual choke is fine. Thanks for any ideas.
https://ebay.io/m/vXEoa1
Thanks Tyler. Buying one for $2000 is an option but probably not the option for me.
When i looked it up it was 400 bucks!! Is that the carb your lookomg for tho?
Yes, that is the carb I am looking for. Probably what happened is that $400 one sold so eBay perhaps autodirects you to another. I appreciate the reply. Thing is, it’s a friends machine, not mine and I would like to fix it for the guy as I have used his machine in the past but I was hoping for one of those $120 Chinese made knock offs.
I sent you a message.
To me it seems that carb has always been an issue, I've often thought about going to a junk yard and finding a 2 barrel carb and manifold from a 2.3 liter Pinto or Ranger and swapping it over. I'm curious if anyone has ever done this.
if you have access to a wrecking yard, collection, or horde that contains 1960's cars, there should be lots of single barrel carburetors on inline 6 cyl. engines. Very simple carbs, should function. The 2V carbs you're thinking of on the Pinto/Mustang/Ranger were never great. (early Rangers were best I think). It would still be interesting to try a 2V though.
Just wanted to give a public thank you to Dave W from Alberta for the good deal on an original Zenith 33 carb, and the prompt delivery!