That all said and couched properly, what do others on this forum think? It was a rather provocative statement, but I'm curious for the merits and demerits to be discussed. I myself have done a lot of reading on how the B&B works, but I don't have relative experience across other carburetors, and I'm about to rebuild mine to learn about it. This person undoubtedly has worked on hundreds, if not thousands, of carburetors new and very old, and thus, I would assume, must have very good relative perspective and insight across historic and modern carburetors. He didn't go into many other details, but my interest was piqued. One point that was brought up was the accelerator pump never really worked properly on the car. His stated reasons include that the Ball brothers that built it designed it originally for Chrysler, and later went to work for Chrysler did a poor job designing it. Here at the Buick Heritage Alliance, we maintain hundreds of original Carter Carburetor cut-sheets that contain parts numbers, specifications, exploded views and adjustment procedures. He told me that, in his opinion, the Carter BB-1 is the worst carburetor ever designed, and that he wouldn't even try to rebuild it, but throw it out and replace it with the Stromberg version that's on the straight-8. 1946-1959 Carter Carburetor Cut-Sheets for Buick, Pontiac, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet. I shall not mention their name/shop, but they are legit. I had a very interesting conversation with a carburetor repair expert today.
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