Shoutout to my 92 F-150 that I almost ruined with a cheap carb rebuild kit

I tried one of those $25 rebuild kits off Amazon for my 92 F-150's carburetor last month. The gaskets were too thin and the floats felt way off, so it flooded my engine after just three drives. I learned you gotta spend the extra money on a name brand kit from a parts store like AutoZone or O'Reilly's. Anyone else have a bad experience with those no-name rebuild kits?

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wells.reese8d ago

Yeah man, that cheap gasket shrinkage is a killer. I burned through two of those kits on a 86 Bronco before I wised up. The float levels are straight up dangerous on some of them too, I watched a guy's truck lean out so bad it melted a piston. Spend the fifteen extra bucks at O'Reilly's, the paper gaskets alone are worth it because they actually seal without having to double stack them.

juliagonzalez8d ago

Dude I feel you on the float levels. I had a 78 F150 that I rebuilt the carb on with a cheap kit and it ran so lean it backfired through the intake and blew the gasket out. After that I just started using the O'reilly paper gaskets too, they're way better than the thin cardboard ones that come in the budget kits. I also started checking float height with a cheap plastic gauge instead of eyeballing it, saved me a lot of headache. These trucks are old enough without making them run worse with junk parts.