Replacement Carb for Broken Stromberg UX-2

[keninman]

All of my hard work cleaning my carb was for naught. When I reinstalled it leaked. I could tell about where the leak was and tried to tighten the jet/plug to no avail. I took the carb back off and noticed a crack. When I took the plug out the corner fell apart. I have temporarily repaired it using JB Weld to bond the pieces, covering the area with JB Weld and then coated the entire bottom with gasket silicone. I have now filled it with gasoline and am letting it set to see if it leaks anymore.

 

I also started looking for what other carb will work since I am not giving over $600 for a new bowl casting and would be afraid of an old one. I found a Zenith universal on Ebay that should mount all right. It has 2 11/16ths centers and an 1 1/2 throat. I will have to change the fuel inlet line and some other mods to make it work. It is a

ZENITH BENDIX Updraft 2136016 Carb 9786D. Anyone had experience with this or mounted something like it?

Edited June 16, 2017 by keninman
Changed title for clarity (see edit history)

[keninman]

It is clean now and not leaking but it did not improve my engine performance much if any. 

[keninman]

I bought this on Ebay today. I hope I can make it work. Stromburg SFM-2 on Ebay

[nvonada]

You probably can.  But if your current carb is not leaking why introduce another variable in your mix? 

[keninman]

It was the repair that failed. It appears that the JB Weld did not bond well to whatever the carb is made from. It is hard stuff. I decided to clean off all of the JB and start over. This time I used a tiny grinder to rough up the metal but it is still hard stuff. I am also trying to only bond the pieces first then when this cures cover the entire area with JB Weld. I did this in one step last time. At any rate if the one I bought gets mailed today I should have it by Thursday or Friday. Hopefully there is not much wrong with it and I can have the car running again soon. I need this one so I can just get it out of the garage.