The Most Useful Carburetor Video Ever Made

Can't get your car to idle? Understanding this basic circuit will fix 90 percent of your problems.

[budspaulding]

This vid reminded me of adjusting the mixture screws on a 383's AFB, in the early 70's. The guy is watching me, and says: "One of those is for gas, and the other is the right?" LOL!

[crazycoffee]

We need more people like you on the internet. Fountain of knowledge, always gets straight to the point, some great stories too.

[garymckee]

A wizard lives inside every carburetor.

[merc-nihy]

you should also tell ppl new to this..dont make any adjustments other then the choke on a cold motor...if you are going to play with the air/fuel screws...only do this on a warmed up motor

[morelanmn]

When do you start teaching at Middle Tennessee State? Hay, , The serious stuff, I am glad you and Kathy are safe and the offer you gave to help others is the actions of people with Class.. Keep being who you are.

[augustogatti]

For clean idle passages 3rd electric guitar string is perfect.

[MrTheHillfolk]

Sitting here in school, doing a refresher.
As a kid I wasn't making squat working in a garage, so I went to tech school.
One of the teachers was a little like Uncle Tony, the way he taught and showed examples. And we learned a boatload from him and I'm grateful for that.

[whatyoumakeofit]

Something ive always kept with me when riding motorcycles....actually all the way back to when I was a kid and rode minibikes/dirtbikes then scooters then is a the paper twisty ties. The kind that have a wire in themThe ones that come with garbage bags or bread. Even the ones that are flat with plastic on them. As ling as they have a wire in them. Id wrap a couple on my key or keychain or throw them in a compartment somewhere. Im a smoker so I always have a ligjter with me. If my carb starts giving me trouble I can just pull it apart. Burn the paper/plastic off the twisty and use it to clean out any orifice in a carburetor. Clean the jets, passage ways, holes, anything. If the hole it much bigger then the twisty wire I just put a bunch of kinks in the wire, by bending it around then run it in and out of the hole. Has always worked like a charm.

[williamdon]

The more and more of your videos I watch really boosts my confidence on rebuilding an engine. I have a 283 Chevy in mind it’s these small things that help. Getting a car to just idle is something I’m sure tons of guys struggle with. You make it simple thankful for dudes like uncle tony. I never had an uncle tony before.

[Nick-oyfn]

I was fortunate enough to learn about transition slots and idle air bleeds and carb " circuits" from older mechanics when i first started out as a professional mechanic. Vacuum signal is vital to proper idle and overall carb perforformance ive been taught. Great channel love this stuff

[stevenzw]

I love these carb videos.im learning lots

[peteg]

Excellent video! I’ve never been afraid to rip a carburetor apart and clean it out. It’s well worth doing

[tarstarkusz]

Back when I was learning this stuff, google didn't exist. Worse, it wasn't my "project car" or something like that, it was my damn car.
Thankfully, they really aren't that complicated, but they are very mechanical.

[dannycasler]

Thank you for covering all of this old stuff again, I need a refresher because I'm getting all of my old cars back out and running again for the summer so I have ten carburetors to clean up and set up!

[paulcabezola]

Carb chucking should be an Olympic Event !!

[MikeVieira]

I'm so glad I found your channel! Thank you so much for explaining this to me like I'm five years old!! You sir are a great help to me!

[aronbechiom]

I'm an old "project wrencher"... glad to see these videos...great refresher for me. Just rebuilt my Holley tonight...mount it on the 76 Vette tomorrow. Also..just watched your vacuum tuning vid.... damn glad I kept ALL my old school tuning equipment and tools..from when I was a kid, hot rodding my 70 Cyclone. Got yourself a new subscriber !

[joesc]

Tony is a great teacher and full of common sense. Tony's strength is not only his amazing knowledge, it is also the way he explains it.

I worked at car dealers from the 1960's up to 2010. There was no internet then, so when their was a problem that very few master techs at dealers could figure out, the factory would send a very technical engineer to explain the problem and how to repair it.
The problem with that was most of us didn't take courses in engineering to fully understand what he was saying.
Tony would be the perfect person for the factory to send to explain technical problems and how to overcome them.

Just one more thing about today's auto engineers. They need to have them work for 1 year doing repairs on today's cars. They will see how "easy" it it to repair what they designed.

[TheDocrock]

Thank you for a direct and to the point discussion of one part of the carburetor. This is an excellent way to discuss it, one circuit at a time. It may take a while to learn all the workings, but I get a chance to absorb what you said and I don't get bored with a long video. Thanks for the lesson.

[livewire]

Great advice Tony, the best way to fix something is to start by learning how it works.