Peter R.

Hi Garry, I disagree, PBIC and PICB carburetors are using different accelerator pumps although they look the same. The Mercedes PBIC is using a pump stamped 84 and the Porsche PICB is using a pump stamped 83. All pumps ending with the number 4 (e.g. 74, 84) are so called „lean pumps“ and pumps ending with the number 3 are „rich pumps“. 83 and 84 are not just pumps because they also implement an enrichment function. Pumps ending with the number 2 are „neutral pumps“ with no enrichment function. Rich pumps allow to enrich the mixture at WOT (full load enrichment), lean pumps allow enrichment in the partial load range. So a base pump 84 carburetor is too lean in the partial load range, which is being compensated through the pump. If you are using the wrong pump, the mixture will either be much too lean in the partial load range and much too rich at WOT or vice versa. The diaphragm, pump lid and lever of pump 83 and 84 are interchangeable, the (stamped) main bodies are not. Peter

What parts do you need…? PS: Your Solex 40 PICB is not an Adenauer carburetor. Mercedes used Solex 40 PBIC carburetors. Yours is most likely a Porsche carb. Let me know in case you need translation help.

I think this is a 1929 Standard 6 riser (casting 145-71), which appears to be similar to 1926-28 Standard 6 risers.

Think this will shed some light on this topic.

I agree. While most American car manufacturers had equipped their cars with battery ignition and electric starters by the mid teens, European car manufacturers stuck to magneto ignition and kept hand cranking engines well into the 1920‘s. If a European car of the 1920’s to early 30’s was equipped with battery ignition, it was usually of American manufacture. Most innovations came from the US and were adopted in Europe.

Auto-Lite distributor IGB-4006C was used on 1929 Durant Model 60 with Continental 14-L engine. The distributor was attached to Auto-Lite generators GAL-4104, GAL-4107 and GAK-4102. Distributor IGB-4006B was also used on the 1929 Durant 60 but was mainly used on vehicles with Continental 15-L engines. The distributor body was painted black when it left the factory so someone must have nickel plated it later. Other parts such as the breaker plate, advance lever etc. appear to be replated too.

Does anyone know what this 4 cyl. Remy 614-B distributor came off of?

It should not be a big deal finding a replacement since MCH-2021 was also used on passenger cars such as Packard and Checker Cab, as well as on a number of other marine and industrial applications. The following starters use armature MCH-2021: MCH-6003 (Packard Six) MCL-6003 (Packard Eight) MCH-6004 (Checker Cab) MCL-6004 (Buchanan & Chris Craft Marine, Nordberg) MCL-6007 (Buda Industrial Truck) MCL-6005 (Chris Craft Marine) MCL-6009 (Continental) MCL-6009 (Jaeger Mixer & Compressor, Rossberg Carrier) MCL-6015 (Nordberg) MCL-6009A (Tractomotive Loader) These are some 1940‘s and early 1950’s applications (my passenger car catalog is dated 1949, my AL marine and industrial catalog 1954). I‘m sure the armature was also used on 1950‘s passenger cars (I’ll check) and there might be a replacement for MCH-2021. What is the number on the ID tag of your starter?

They do. The modifications don't change the height of the clips and contacts. 9166 will be in the same place as 9161 before. 9166 and 9161 are physically the same caps with the differences shown in the pictures above.

Try Tom first (I'm located overseas). I'm sure he can help and he probaly has 9161 caps in stock too. Let me know in case he can't help.

On this particular unit I also changed the distributors direction of rotation, which involved additional modifications. Instead of manufacturing gears with opposed helix angles I reversed the horizontal shaft. That way the distributor is driven from the other end and the vertical shaft changes its direction of rotation. But now you can no longer use centrifugal advance because it would retard instead of advance the spark. So I removed the centrifugal advance mechanism and installed a rigid shaft (modification of the existing vertical shaft). An additional modification to the housing was also necessary to move the manual advance mechanism to the other side. Now the distributor is manual advance only. Good enough for its new application (1910's engine).

Al, the relief and a notch cut out is all you would have to do. Peter

Yes it does

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