Converting Mercarb 2bbl (5.7L) to Mercarb (3.7L)

[natemoore]

My existing Mercarb 2 bbl on my 3.7l needs a choke plate and an electric choke, but otherwise works 4.0.

I saw a Quicksilver factory remanufactured Mercarb for a 5.7l on ebay for $100 starting bid. Saw that many parts were the same, particularly the gasket set. I put in a "what the heck" $100 bid and won the item.

What parts would I need to swap out to make this Mercarb 5.7l work on a 3.7l? Jets? Float valves? Floats? Or what?

My backup plan is just to scavenge some parts off the new carb to go on my old one.

Thanks

 

[ErieRon]

Re: Converting Mercarb 2bbl (5.7L) to Mercarb (3.7L)

The manuals have some pretty good info on the carb specs. You could probably just print the two pages of specs and compare. I would expect that they are quite different. It would be helpful if you knew the year or S.N. from the one you bought off of eBay.

 

[zbnutcase]

Re: Converting Mercarb 2bbl (5.7L) to Mercarb (3.7L)

I would keep 3.7 carb and just rob the parts you need from flea-bay carb. 'nutcase