Help converting 150 v-6 from choke plates to enricher.

[danielmorse]

I have an 1979 150 v6 mercury with Choke plate carbs on them . The carbs are all different WH numbers so I bought a set of WH-29 carbs with the reed plate and the enricher solenoid set up. Can these carbs go on my old reed plate manifold, or do I have to use the reed plate from the enricher system? I noticed some specialized passageways in the reed plate around the enricher outputs of the carbs and on the block side. How can I get this setup to work?
Thanks

 

[Faztbullet]

Re: Help converting 150 v-6 from choke plates to enricher.

do I have to use the reed plate from the enricher system?

Yes....

How can I get this setup to work?

should be a straight up bolt on and use new gaskets. You will need enrichener valve also.

 

[danielmorse]

Re: Help converting 150 v-6 from choke plates to enricher.

The valve came with the carbs (lucky). I was just worried the engine block might be different between the 1979 v-6 (5342369) and the later motor that the reed plates with enricher are from.

 

[danielmorse]

Re: Help converting 150 v-6 from choke plates to enricher.

Just pulled the carbs off my motor. The intake looks the same where the carbs bolt on. It has a cutout between the barrels and a hole going somewhere. The shape of the intake runner is the same, and it has the same reed setup. The only difference I can see is one extra bolt hole boss that is not used. It looks to my untrained eye that the enricher carbs will work on it.