O'Reilly's Carb Rebuild Kit

[Bingster]

Somebody mentioned that they bought an O'Reilly's Carter B & B carb rebuild kit.  Did it have the right parts?  Everything fit properly?

[Chry41]

What kind of car do you have?

[D35 Torpedo]

I got mine from napa. Worked good. 

[Bingster]

1947 DeSoto S-11. I suppose Napa's is the same as O'Reilly's?

[Dave72dt]

They're probably all buying from the same supplier.  Same parts, different boxes.

[Doug&Deb]

Make sure whatever you get contains ethanol resistant parts. I use Daytona carb kits for my Stromberg. 

[Chry41]

I have used various kits for my carbs. If you have a fluid drive transmission, there are two different accelerator pump plungers. None of the kits have the second plunger. If you car has the fluid drive, you can get the accelerator pump from oldmoparts.com. I have made several conversions to use the same plunger for both accelerator pumps. I also converted them to use with the garbage gas at the pump.

Edited August 1, 2024 by Chry41

[Bingster]

Thanks to the tip on ethanol resistant parts, I went to the O'Reilly web site and saw that the rebuild kit I bought says "This will not fit a 1947 DeSoto S-11."  After I get my money back, I'll buy one of Mike's Carburetors kits.  I guess my carb also has a dashpot.  Who knew? I can't see inside yet.

[Dan Hiebert]

I recently bought two carburetor kits from The Carburetor Doctor in Tulsa, OK.  One for the slightly different BXUV-3 carb in the D24, which had the correct parts for a fluid drive, and one for the Carter W1 in the Terraplane.  Initially, I couldn't find a kit for the BXUV, but I sent the numbers on the carb to the Carburetor Doctor, and they identified a kit with the right parts.  I imagine they'd do the same for your S-11.  They were both Daytona kits.  I'm certainly not dissing on Mikes Carb kits, I've heard nothing but good about them, and I bet they'd do the same, I just found the Carb Doctor first.

[Bingster]

Thanks.

[Chry41]

Here is the conversion that I came up with. It does require machining the inside down for the new girdle spring and ethanol compatable seal. Because ethanol is basically alcohol, it drys out the leather seal, which the original and aftermarket replacements still use.