Pony Carbs---Ford Carburetor Guide

[FirstEliminator]

     Hey guys,

      One of the things to do on my list is rebuild an Autolite 4300. I've been trying to look up info about this carb, but there isn't a whole lot out there. I saw somewhere that Pony Carbs had put out a book called Ford Carburetor Guide ---4th edition. Pony Carbs is now owned by Champion Carbs. I called Champion and they do not have that book. Has anyone seen this book? Is it worth trying to find? If anyone has it, is there an ISBN number on it?  Rebuild advice would be helpful, but a list of the different versions of the Autolite and Motorcraft carbs is something I'm after.

   thanks,
      Mark

[thatdarncat]

I have a copy of that book, copyright 1993, it doesn’t say anything about being any specific edition so I assume it may be the first edition. I remember buying it fairly soon after I saw it available. I don’t know what may have changed later, mine is just a small pocket size that was handy to bring to swap meets. It just basically has an overview of each type of Ford carb, with some common issues mentioned. It also has lists of some of the common standard and most of the performance carbs. It is no where near complete with Ford carb listings, and also doesn’t have quite a few of the rare carbs. It also doesn’t have any rebuild info, or detailed specs. The book used to be available at all the Mustang/Ford reproduction parts places, you might want to try them for a copy. I don’t know that it was ever sold at the mainstream book stores.

[FirstEliminator]

    thanks Kevin,

   If there isn't all that much info, I'll probably not try so hard to find it. Perhaps someday one may pop up.


   Mark

[machoneman]

Try looking here:

http://www.carburetormanuals.com/

[Falcon67]

Most of the links on that site are broken.  This is the best I could find

http://carburetor.ca/manuals/cm043.html

[FirstEliminator]

   Thanks guys. I did buy one like the Shop Tips one from Ford. I read somewhere there isn't much info out there for the 4300 except the factory info. Chances are when I rebuild it, it will work. Work good? not so sure, but should work the way it was supposed to. It may not matter as the car won't be driven very much.

[Drew Pojedinec]

I've got a 60 page book on Autolites that includes the 4300 if you want I can put it on dropbox.

[Drew Pojedinec]

Honestly tho, they aren't complex, I think you can just guess your way through a rebuild.

Edited... I added it to dropbox, use this link to view or download it:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nknnsb8hy7uv0ra/autolite_ford_service_manual.pdf?dl=0

[FirstEliminator]

   Thanks Drew. I downloaded the book.