Replacing my carburetor, questions

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HuntingtonSpider
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Your car is a: 1969 Fiat 124 Sport Spider
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Replacing my carburetor, questions

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While my car runs pretty well, my carburetor has been leaking progressively more and quite a bit since I got it a year ago. I bought a soft rebuild kit about 6 months ago and planned to undertake the rebuild, but the person who was going to help me doesn't have the free time at the moment and I need to address the issue. Long story short, after getting quoted up to 600$ dollars to rebuild, I found a very nice looking replacement on eBay for 125$ and plan to swap the new one and rebuild the old one on my own time. Is there anything I need to know about removing the carb, I have never undertaken this before. I plan to follow the haynes manual, however the instructions seemed brief and even then confusing. It's really just the linkages and whatnot that scare me. I just don't want to turn a leaky running car into a leaky unrunning one. Any advice from those who have done this is much appreciated.
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124JOE
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Your car is a: 1978 124 fiat spider sport 1800
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Re: Replacing my carburetor, questions

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my rebuild kit came with instuctions for tuneing after
the linkage was a brezze
when you do everything correct people arent sure youve done anything at all (futurama)
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manoa matt
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Your car is a: 1978 Fiat 124 Spider 1800
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Re: Replacing my carburetor, questions

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Send me an email, I have the supplement to the fiat factory service manual for the 32 ADFA carb. It covers all the adjustments and specs. Rebuilt at least 10 of these carbs in the last 5 years. Great carbs.

matt.scarton@gmail.com
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