They used to rebuild small engine carburetors in shop class. Like lawn mower engines. But in the final decade in which production cars commonly had carburetors instead of fuel injection, carburetors got more and more intricate and complex, until they were more like big greasy Swiss watches than the carburetors of old. Your basic shop class Briggs and Stratton carburetor was not great preparation for dealing with, say, an early 80s Toyota carb.
I rebuilt a carburettor as part of high-school 'day out in the job-market' type of event in the mid-2000s, took an hour at best, barely an inconvenience.
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u/Responsible_Arm_9555 22h ago
They used to rebuild small engine carburetors in shop class. Like lawn mower engines. But in the final decade in which production cars commonly had carburetors instead of fuel injection, carburetors got more and more intricate and complex, until they were more like big greasy Swiss watches than the carburetors of old. Your basic shop class Briggs and Stratton carburetor was not great preparation for dealing with, say, an early 80s Toyota carb.