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Old 01-14-2014, 04:12 PM
Mark DiSilvestro Mark DiSilvestro is offline
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Where is the best place to purchase a rebuilt or new carburetor for my 180 1956 Mercedes Benz? I did look at the ponton website but didn't see anything. I just cleaned out and put a ceramic coating in gas tank. I should have done that first. The current carb just won't start. I looked at the ponton site a couple of months ago. I will look there again as well.
I should've asked - are you sure fuel is getting to the carburetor? On my '61 180, there's a fuel-filter down below the driver's side heater-box, on the inner fender. Otherwise, crud in the fuel-system could also disable the fuel pump.

Happy Motoring, Mark
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