hey guys ive searched and searched, and i finally got a part number, i ordered it, and as i was putting it on, i saw the stamp 1.21 venturi's i needed 1.08

this is a very common swap for the 258 carter bbd carb, but no one can give me an exact part number or EXACT to the year model car one came off with 1.08 venturis, ive looked up older ford trucks... late 70's pintos etc... i get NO where with these parts store people

the problem is NO where has them, they are all special order (autozone, pep boys, advance) so i dont know until they get to the store 2 days later if they are 1.08 or 1.21 the computer dosent have a spec sheet, before ordering...

for such a common swap i cant find this exact carb to save my life

mc2100 1.08 venturis!

i had got mine from an online site...not sure what it was but they had listings of them....or u can fill your jets in with soder, than re-drill them to the size you wan't

i had got mine from an online site...not sure what it was but they had listings of them....or u can fill your jets in with soder, than re-drill them to the size you wan't

you are going to get alot better response in newbies section (less flaming as well for being a newb). this is not hardcore. byt he way i have seen these through specail order at my local autozone.

Please contact michael.ehrmann@hotmail.com

I got my carb from him, excellent guy, excellent service/knowledge, fair pricing.

My 258 ran like crap with the 1.08 venturis. I swapped in the 1.21 and now it runs great.

I can't remember the part number for mine, but I'm pretty sure it was spec'd for a '74 F150 with a 302. It's the 1.08 and runs like a champ on my 258. I'm running a AMX intake clifford headers, and a shaved head. The 1.08 is plenty of carb. If I get a chance I'll grab the numbers off of it tonight. I got it from Autozone, it's actually a Holley Remanufactured. They didin't have it in stock, but I think they had it the next day for me.

Don

Also check out 60's ford cars for the 2100. I know the 4100 was popular around that time as well. Perhaps a 1965 Ford Galaxie 500.

is there a reason you dont' just go to a junkyard and look under the hoods till you find one?

is there a reason you dont' just go to a junkyard and look under the hoods till you find one?

My thoughts eggzackly! I got mine at a local Pick n Pull. BTW, the 1.21 will work fine on the 258

hey guys ive searched and searched, and i finally got a part number, i ordered it, and as i was putting it on, i saw the stamp 1.21 venturi's i needed 1.08

this is a very common swap for the 258 carter bbd carb, but no one can give me an exact part number or EXACT to the year model car one came off with 1.08 venturis, ive looked up older ford trucks... late 70's pintos etc... i get NO where with these parts store people

the problem is NO where has them, they are all special order (autozone, pep boys, advance) so i dont know until they get to the store 2 days later if they are 1.08 or 1.21 the computer dosent have a spec sheet, before ordering...

for such a common swap i cant find this exact carb to save my life

mc2100 1.08 venturis!
OK, not a hardcore question at all. (Where TF are the mods lately?)

Your first problem is where you shop. Your "parts stores" are all cheapie chains. The imbeciles behind the counters can barely look something up by application; they always need the computer for a lookup; they have no idea how the damn part functions; and the POS "rebuilds" that they foist off on suckers dumb enough to shop there are pure crap. Even if you did find the carb you were looking for, chances are you'd never get it to run right, due to the dismal QC standards of those places.

Start taking charge of your life:

Get your butt down to the junkyard, pull a 2100 off whatever Ford you find it in, give 'em the five bucks for it and take it home and throw a kit in it. If you can't rebuild a 2100, you might as well save up for bullets, 'cause suicide would be your only other option. (The skill sets required for the rebuild are about half a notch higher than those required for combing hair.)

..And next time you go to buy parts, drive right past the cheapie chains, muster up your courage, and walk right into the scary independant parts house. You know the one: all the local repair shops get their parts there. It's kinda cluttered inside, there are no colorful displays or shiny chrome parts up front, and there's a long counter in the back, with some old guys behind it, and LOTS of shelves of parts behind them. Those are the guys that know what you need better than you do. Treat them with the respect they deserve, don't whine about the price being a couple of bucks more than the cheapie chains (you'll make up the difference in the time you would have wasted taking junk "rebuilds" back to the cheapie whores three or four times on the "lifetime warranty"), and be grateful that you're a grownup now.

Lil Rocky, that last paragraph is some of the best advice I've ever seen...
Big Amen to that!!!

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as for hardcore questions or not, im used to jeepforums.com, and they dont have 2 sections. guess the mods will move it appropriatly. to everyone who said go to the junkyard, the reason that wasnt an option like i said the first time, is because where i live there are 2 bone yards, 1 dosent stock anything pre 87
and the other one wanted 50 bucks for a rebuildable core, fuck that, im not that desperate, nor stupid.

as for walking into the "real" parts store, ive done that already, you think my shopping stopped at autozone? they told me the same thing, i need some part numbers etc, SOME type of reference to order it by. the carb is a special/ next day order part they didnt have it, and they needed to know what to order, about like autozone, they didnt have much 2 barrel stuff at all...but finding it is and has been the problem, even the hardcore shops dont stock carbs by brand name, they do it buy models and motor look up, even though they were more help than autozone, they still got me no where

just because its common knowlege to many jeep members and a easy swap the swap is NOT common knowlege to most other people at parts stores

maybe where im from i dont have the selection of places to go that you guys have...

anyway thanks to all who helped me, hopefully the mods will move this appropriatly, im not trying to hear a bunch of crap, or be in the way, just want my jeep to run again

also rockcrusher... the 121 will work, but it dumps a bit too much fuel. i know its not a honda civic but the way gas is going back up, every bit counts ;)