Carrier Carb

[Tom Millward]

Hello to you all,

Can anyone identify this carburettor that’s fitted to my Mk1* Carrier? I don’t think it’s an original as it has ‘Ford USA’ on it and no sign of a governor.

Thanks

Tom

[rob love]

It will be a Holley 94. Good article on them here: https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1104...the-holley-94/


They are alright carbs and kits are not hard to come by.

[Rob Baens]

hello Tom,

it is a "normal" type 94 Ford carburator. It is the same type used as on Ford CMP trucks. This one is not a real truck one because the top were you put your aircleaner on is a little bit different. but it will do the job

gr Rob

[Tom Millward]

Thank you Rob & Rob,

I will leave it as is then, it works which is the main thing. Good to know that there kits available for it as well as I think the injection pump may be failing as the engine tends to falter if the throttle is opened wide quickly.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by rob love

It will be a Holley 94. Good article on them here: https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1104...the-holley-94/

Hmm...

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[rob love]

Mac's has all the parts for these, including just the piston as well as minor rebuild kits.

I am running a truck carb on mine currently. It was not a problem adapting the carrier air cleaner tubing to the carb. I do have the original carrier carb, but as the old saying goes, if it aint broke, don't fix it.

[Robert Bergeron]

Nice reading Rob , thanks .

[super dave]

Original carb for the carrier for your info.

[Tom Millward]

Thanks Dave, I'll add those images to my reference file. Do people with original carbs find that the governor interferes with driving? Another Carrier owner on the forum says his used to limit turning ability until he adjusted it.

[Robert Bergeron]

Hey Dave have you moved to Palm Springs , there is no snow on the ground ?

[rob love]

Robert
If Alberta is at all like Manitoba, the snow is gone. I was actually out today in the field looking to see if the crocus were up yet and am considering if it's too early to put the HMMWV back on the road.

[super dave]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Hey Dave have you moved to Palm Springs , there is no snow on the ground ?

Old summer time picture, This year its pretty dame close to being all gone as it was 14 here today

[Maurice Donckers]

If you put the original carb on a 95 HP engine , then you will get problems with a too thin fuel mixture. This is easy to solve by putting in the jets from a GMC CCKW zenith carb , then you have a match again with with the cubic inches from the 95hp engine .

[Tom Millward]

Thanks Maurice.

I don't think I have an original Carrier engine, as the engine number had been ground off. How do I tell if it is a 95hp engine? Was this a larger capacity than the original Carrier engine?

[Maurice Donckers]

the earlier ones where 85 hp engines , but still with the 24 stud heads , the T16 engines where 95 Hp , but given the description 100.
Vehicle engines don`t have the treaded holes to connect the oil cooler , so a carrier engine is recognizable by these treaded holes at the back of he engine .
Later carrier engines had the 95 hp engine , but I don`t know from what date they changed.

[Michael R.]

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Originally Posted by Maurice Donckers

the earlier ones where 85 hp engines , but still with the 24 stud heads , the T16 engines where 95 Hp , but given the description 100.
Vehicle engines don`t have the treaded holes to connect the oil cooler , so a carrier engine is recognizable by these treaded holes at the back of he engine .
Later carrier engines had the 95 hp engine , but I don`t know from what date they changed.

Maurice, I wonder if your suggestion ‘later carrier engines had the 95 hp engine’ could be too broad? Perhaps you be referring to the Canadian produced Windsor carriers?

The Canadian Ford Major Assemblies catalog shows all Canadian MK-I* and MK-II* universal carriers used the 85 hp engine, identified by the “81” or “C81” in the block casting near the right hand water pump housing. It is reported by GREGG there was a brief temporary period in Canadian WWII field operations when the 95 hp engine was used as a replacement.



Note the base adapter in the images posted by SuperDave that allows the governed Zenith carb (single barrel) to fit the intake manifold. Also of note for those using other carbs is the profile of the air horn. The bayonet style will not readily adapt to the issue air cleaner elbow of the oil bath air cleaner.

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