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Offline nailr65

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Carter AFB rebuild. HELP!
« on: September 03, 2020, 08:33:13 AM »
While in the process of rebuilding my Carter AFB, I made the mistake of soaking the aluminum parts in degreaser.  This caused the parts to turn color and oxidize.  My question is, is there a way to stop the oxidation and still be able to use this carb?  I am not opposed to getting it clean and using it.  I am open to suggestions or any recommendations to who could restore the carb also.  Any and all suggestions are appreciated.  Thank you in advance.  Dave
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Re: Carter AFB rebuild. HELP!
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2020, 09:27:23 AM »
There are a couple of people that specialize in our AFB carbs. Carmen Faso and Tom Telesco, possibly one of them could help.
Carmen's contact is by phone : 716-693-4090. He doesn't do internet.
Tom's email is :  telriv@yahoo.com

  Hope that is helpful,
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Re: Carter AFB rebuild. HELP!
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2020, 05:27:03 AM »
Thank you Loren, I will contact them.
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Re: Carter AFB rebuild. HELP!
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2020, 05:19:15 PM »
I can help you get it going again.  Have restored many of these.  I can bead blast it and do a basic rebuild on  it.  Not set up to do plating, but paint all the steel pieces with zinc color paint after I blast them.
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Re: Carter AFB rebuild. HELP!
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2020, 12:37:02 PM »
There are a couple of people that specialize in our AFB carbs. Carmen Faso and Tom Telesco, possibly one of them could help.
Carmen's contact is by phone : 716-693-4090. He doesn't do internet.
Tom's email is :  telriv@yahoo.com

  Hope that is helpful,
  Loren
does tom have a phone #

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Re: Carter AFB rebuild. HELP!
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2020, 09:06:05 AM »
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Tom's email is :  telriv@yahoo.com

  Hope that is helpful,
  Loren
does tom have a phone #


Tom goes by 'TelRiv', his phone # is in his profile here:
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