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Title: AMAC carb id, info. wanted!
Post by: deepdiver on March 30, 2015, 03:32:25 PM

can any body id the year and application for this amac carb.  18 hyd,       thank you for your time!  deepdiver

Title: Re: AMAC carb id, info. wanted!
Post by: cardan on March 30, 2015, 10:08:49 PM

This model AMAC came out in 1920. The main feature is the pressed metal cover that encircles the mixing chamber. This cover comes in two versions: yours is the type that suits a V twin, as it has gauze-covered air inlets at the sides, but is blank in the straight-ahead position where the fuel bowl sits if the carb is tucked in between the cylinders on a V twin.

Flange mount is a bit unusual, but they came in all configurations. In 1920 AMAC and Brown and Barlow (B&B) dominated the carburettor market, with Binks some way back.

Leon

Title: Re: AMAC carb id, info. wanted!
Post by: deepdiver on March 30, 2015, 10:29:27 PM

thanks leon! I have a pre 1910 ohv jap v-twin motor, trying to find out what carb. It may have used!, also missing cam cover  its bronze! thank you again for the help!  deepdiver

Title: Re: AMAC carb id, info. wanted!
Post by: cardan on March 31, 2015, 06:27:02 AM

Pre-1910 carbies are quite hard to find. A good compromise might be a 1910-pattern B&B, quite plentiful compared with the 1909 model, and also an excellent, easy-to-use carburettor.

Cheers

Leon

Title: Re: AMAC carb id, info. wanted!
Post by: deepdiver on March 31, 2015, 12:22:18 PM

thanks leon, I will look in to b+b carbs. heres a better pic of my motor!  deepdiver