[Gaz64]

Originally Posted by tumbleweedjoe

so I'm new and this is an old thread, the mechanic who worked on my car before I bought it, blown head gasket, told me the QFT carb is leaking.. I have verified this. bottom left screw on main bowl..small leak. mechanic said the bolt was stripped.. I spoke to Mo Muscle, hot rod shop, before I even told them what carb I had they recommended QFT, they said its possible to disassemble the carb and the thread might catch on the rebuild. I plan to try it this weekend because its 50% chance of rain.... the old mechanic recommended a larger cfm double pumper with a 4 corner idle circut, mechanical secondaries and a manual choke.. oh and dont us the choke, just feather the throttle... I guess I need to practice that, I prefer a choke.. anyway hopefully I can dissaemble and reassemble the QFT and not have to replace it.. I have a 351W with a cam.. and a little carb experience from 20 years ago.. so If I can keep the carb I have, that I know works.. except for the leak... I would like to .. looked at replacing the main body.. but I expect I will create another problem.. in the process.. fingers crossed..

Why replace the mainbody, you can get helicoil kits for this purpose and never have the problem again.