My 1971 Carb on !Oy when I started


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Figs. 1-4 show the stock Aisin 71 carb on !Oy just after I had gotten the truck started for the first time. The truck actually ran pretty good considering it had never been rebuilt, cleaned or even adjusted to my knowledge! Fig. 3 shows a lot of carbon deposits from carb fires? :-) Finally Fig. 4 shows the date code 1A28 which tranlates to a Jan 28th 1971 carb.

While tearing down the truck I was told many times that while the carb can easily be rebuilt at home, if you wanted it to perform it's best it should be sent off to Jim C. (fj40jim@aol.com) of TLC Performance to be rebuilt, tuned, and desmogged. He would also do the ported vacuum mod allowing one to run a vacuum advance distributor. This involves drilling a new hole in the carb base above the throttle plate and inserting a tube. See Fig. 9 below.

So in July of 2007 I boxed up the carb (and an FJ60 distributor I aquired) and shipped it off to have the magic performed.

In October I received it back (I told Jim to not rush as I had months of other work to do) and here is what it looks like now:

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Wow! It looks almost brand new...

My 1971 Carb on !Oy when I started

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