Holley Rebuild Kit (302 HM) >> 6049?

I also have no doubt that tims was the original carb on his boat. It was the same as the HM that hangs out in my garage. It isn't automotive, it was a marine list number cross when I called holley about it 4 years or so ago - there just has been some changes in the state of the marine art since then.

Now this is bound to start some discussion, but a 4473 is a marine carb.

The boat is old, the carb is old and marine Holley carbs have not always had J tubes.

I think it was about 1977 or maybe a year or 2 later when they showed up.

You can go to Summit Racing and buy a carb kit for a 4473 marine carb for about 40 bucks. The Holley renew kit number is 703-1.

You probably also have externally adjustable primary and secondary floats cause they disappeared about the same time the j tubes showed up.

By the way that's a 450 cfm carburetor which is logical for a 302.

Regulations change from time to time and that's what made the J tubes show up.

I still have a 600 cfm marine Holley floating around with no J tubes and externally adjustable floats I know the history of that carb from the time the boat was new.

So the logical question is "are the later carbs safer?" They must be.since they were shall we say mandated.

A call to Holley would verify that J tubes weren't always there

KenO

Greg,before you buy a kit put some more pictures up of that carb up. The 4473 I pulled up on the net was not a marine carb----

Will be taking glasses and magnifying glass with me to the lake on Wednesday night. Hoping that someone can provide some instruction either before the Badin Lake Mini or at the start of as the Mustang such as it is could be a small communal boat for those without

So I did not have my glasses on, asked for some help in getting the # off the carb on the Mustang does a 6049 sound correct / familiar for this set up?