1956 Buick Special carburetor troubles! Need some direction!

[Maikl]

Hi,

well, being from Germany, I am not sure if the hole in the case that takes the shaft is correctly referred to as a "bearing", too. It is not an actual bearing, sure, but is serves as a bearing and therefore has to be clean and smooth. That is what I meant...

[39CENT]

So it's not so much that I don't understand how a carb works guys, although I appreciate the blatant diagram... It's more that I'm needing parts FOR my carb. I would leave the choke valve open and run it that way, but my problem is that the entire choke mechanism is seized up. I can't move the choke 'flapper' at all. That is unless I take the two screws out and pull the whole piece. There is no movement in the choke mechanism. I guess I'll have to break down and buy the entire carb, because it's
not sounding like finding that individual piece is going to work.

Sir, when asking for help on these forums, you may not get a direct answer to your problems. You may get something that might indirectly help, or direct you to where some help can be found. There are many ways carburetion can be diagnosed, when, gurgling, putting, and choke seizing, then ending with a big bang. Sometimes, a person will send helpful hints if they don,t have a direct answer and will, instead find something that helps anyone reading with similar problems.