Heya! So I have kind of a stupid project. I have a 1953 Allis Chalmers WD45 tractor and I'm swapping a sbc 350 into her. Going well so far. We bought the engine from a friend of a friend, came out of a 1984 Chevy pickup of some sort. I'm getting close to being ready to try firing this thing so I figured I'd take a look at the octopus of a carb I pulled off the motor and tossed into a box some months ago. It's a Rochester Quadrajet with about million vacuum lines running off it, I'm assuming for emissions control and fuel metering purposes. I've never dealt with this kind of carb before so I originally just assumed I could plug up unneeded lines and pull off the extra crap and just run it like an old school carb. Doing some quick reading indicates it might not be that simple. Is there hope for this setup or am I completely out to lunch on this?
Does it have several wires going to it? Specifically, one on top for the MC solenoid, and another on the side for the TPS? if so, then you really want to start with something else. If it does not have these, then you can just plug all the holes, and it will probably work ok. but keep the thing about being in a tractor to yourself, this is a hot rod forum, not a tractor forum, and that kind of stuff is not allowed here!
Oh it's going to be a hot rod alright....just happens to have really big rear tires Thanks for the pic, that helps a lot.
Might want to try here too, they have a forums area. If you don’t find the answers you might want to talk to Cliff himself via phone. https://cliffshighperformance.com/
I've used those a couple times with no problems. Pull and plug the un-needed vacuum lines and idle step-up stuff, but leave the choke pull-off can and linkage.
The idle mixture screws have a rectangular head on them and are tough to adjust without a tool that has the correct shape. I made one by grinding a slot in a junk 5mm nut driver.
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