k i unbolted my carb the damn thing still wont come off i no there is the 4 bolts i took those off it doesnt budge i tryed on junk motor i couldnt even hammer it off please help wut am i missin here
thanxs rex

 

Unless someone used some sort of glue for gasket sealer, I haven't a clue.

 

i was thinkin sumtin in that line, there is a yellowish almost feels like a plastic kinda gooped around the seal but i can chip it away so i still think i should be able to get the damn thing off more ideas
thanxs rex

 

It should just come off if you removed the four nuts. Unless of course it was sealed on with glue as stated before.

~T.J.

 

**** just take off the manifold

 

If it's some sort of glue-like gasket sealant you're going to need some solvent to weaken it, then a blade to insert like a paint scraper. Try brake cleaner, I use that nasty stuff for everything.

oh and btw... DO NOT USE A HAMMER ON A CARB!!!!!

 

4 bolts? I hope you mean 4 nuts. You didnt remove the 4 bolts that have a slotted head did you? Thats NOT how you remove the carby.

 

Good catch Carl. Its four nuts that hold it on, not four bolts...

~T.J.

 

Thanks TJ. And if you still have the emissions installed, youll need one of these to remove the drivers side rear nut.

 

I have one of those, but I didnt have a torch so I just cut it and welded it .

~T.J.

 

No torch, no welder = just bend the fool.


-Error402

 

**** you guys, I did that YEARS ago b4 I had a oxy actelyene torch. I did it with a propane torch!

 

O.K.- That's so damn simple that I feel like a total moron!
...Of course you know if I had done that, I woulda bent the ratchet end the wrong Gawd-damn way!

 

Hmmmm, now why didn't I think of that? Technically you don't have to have one of those, I got my carb off and back on (on the GS) just using a regular old combo 12mm.

 

Didn't have to waste a wrench to pull my carb either. Not a bad idea though, if you're going to be swapping a bunch of carbs.

 

SO with emissions still on the car how did you get that nut off without a wrench like mine?

 

Just got the box side of the wrench on there at a bit of an angle and gave it a good pop to losen it, then used the open side to losen it a little bit at a time till it was loose enough to do by hand. It wasn't that bad at all I thought.

 

MazdaTrix sells wrenches like that in the tools section...Thats where I got the idea for mine .

~T.J.

 

Maybe theres less crap in the way on an 82. Was damn impossible I tell you! on my 84 .

 

Good point, in comparing my 83's engine bay to 85rx7gs's 85 there is more stuff in the way, so its quite possible that you needed a special wrench.

 

Either that or you took all that crap off, then take the carb off, than put it all back on! I dont think so!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

no I'm far too lazy to do all that

 

That's exactly what I did, however, I was swapping engines, not just the carb.

 

thanxs alot got the damn thing off took out my rats nest made it a hell of alot easer and now i have no rats nest wuhoo! thanxs for the help. peace

 

Ditto!