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Tommo88
Joined: Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:30 pm Posts: 11
Vehicle: 91 sierra stock as a rock
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 Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:03 pm |
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Were in perth is a good place to take my 91 Sierra in for a tune?
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ChrisRinai
Joined: Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:20 am Posts: 166 Location: Perth
Vehicle: 1985 Sierra Hardtop
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shark
Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2012 4:37 pm Posts: 355
Vehicle: 1984 NT High Top
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 Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:58 pm |
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Most of the time it's not a tune they need it's a new carby.. Otherwise any reputable mechanic should be able to tune a Sierra.
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Tommo88
Joined: Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:30 pm Posts: 11
Vehicle: 91 sierra stock as a rock
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 Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:45 pm |
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If i go in for a carby rebuild and tune how much should i be paying? I know of the store in midland but i didnt know they did mechanical work there.
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hooki

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Joined: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 1785 Location: perth, WA
Vehicle: 85' LWB Sierra, 01' S15
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:43 am |
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I've heard of people paying anywhere from $350 to $550 for a carb rebuild.
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shark
Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2012 4:37 pm Posts: 355
Vehicle: 1984 NT High Top
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:26 am |
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I recently got quote before I went efi.
$500 will have you covered and that will include a tune. Don't bother going to a suzuki place for that. Go to a carby specialist
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droverdave
Joined: Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:43 am Posts: 685
Vehicle: 85 ' Drover
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:03 am |
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Look into DIYing it.
Carburetts arent the most complicated things to work on.
Lots of little bits yes, but almsot all of them dont need serviceing except for a clean. especially on an OEM engine where you aernt trying to tune it with new jets, there isnt much you can do to "tune" it anyway. Clean it and set the idle.
Generally a carby kit job is basically jsut a whole bunch of new gaskets and perishable rubber boots and things. The actual carburation of the fuel is done by steel bits in steel chambers, as long as its clean it does its job well.
What you are paying for when you get someone to do a carby kit is the labour in pulling it appart, cleaning everything meticulously, and putting it back together with new gaskets. Which if you have a screw driver, a bucket of petrol, and a workshop manual you can do it at home on the kitchen bench.
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missmyljdaze
Joined: Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:16 am Posts: 2323 Location: perth
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droverdave wrote: Look into DIYing it.
Carburetts arent the most complicated things to work on, do it at home on the kitchen bench. try telling my sandwichmaker that Whenever I get caught bringing car bits in the house it gets real noisy, and nookiebans are not far away (best to mess about with carbies outside- you dont need to fill the house with petrol fumes.) stephen
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PORL
Joined: Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:42 am Posts: 262 Location: Beeliar WA
Vehicle: 2004 Jimny 1.6
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Amog
Joined: Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:37 pm Posts: 36 Location: perth WA
Vehicle: 2000 jimny
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Yer I take mine to the suzistore Midland so do me mates never any dramas
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Red89
Joined: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 2801 Location: Perth
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I got mine done 4 yrs ago by the Carby Exchange in OConner. They recommended stripping it back to a bare carby by taking all the non essential parts off, the same as what Shep did in the following thread. I put an extra filter between the pump and carby and have had no problems ever since. viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4574&hilit=+carby+fix
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