9Chllenger Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) I know the original ones are very hard to find but any information would really be appreciated Edited July 8, 2022 by 9Chllenger (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbking Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 There is one on Ebay now (no, it is not mine). Do a search on Johnson Cadillac carburetor It is listed as a 1933, but it carries the same part number in the Cadillac/LaSalle parts book as the 1932. Jon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 LaSalle wasn't a straight eight in 1932, it was a V-8..........so it's a very rare carburetor. 😏 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9Chllenger Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 I was mistaken. It is my brother's car and it is a 1934 straight eight. Does anyone know if the carb that is listed on ebay would still work? Thanks for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 I have no clue, as I only do V-8 Cadillac & LaSalle stuff…….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbking Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 The 1933 LaSalle was the last to use the updraft carburetor. In 1934, LaSalle went to a downdraft Stromberg Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&J Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 3 hours ago, carbking said: In 1934, LaSalle went to a downdraft Stromberg Jon. 15 hours ago, 9Chllenger said: It is my brother's car and it is a 1934 straight eight Jon, I talked with that brother in person a month ago. He said that the car restoration shop broke "one casting" on his original 34 LaSalle carb. I suggested that he contact you on your website to see if you might have a spare Stromberg casting piece from a different car that would interchange with the broken casting on his. He did not know exactly which casting piece was broken because the car is still at that shop. My suggestion now is to get pictures of what is broken on his original carb so that a solution might happen. Either go to the shop to take pictures or have the shop send pictures to show which casting is broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbking Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, F&J said: Jon, I talked with that brother in person a month ago. He said that the car restoration shop broke "one casting" on his original 34 LaSalle carb. I suggested that he contact you on your website to see if you might have a spare Stromberg casting piece from a different car that would interchange with the broken casting on his. He did not know exactly which casting piece was broken because the car is still at that shop. My suggestion now is to get pictures of what is broken on his original carb so that a solution might happen. Either go to the shop to take pictures or have the shop send pictures to show which casting is broken. The original would have been an EE-23 (basically an EE-22 with a superiority complex a.k.a. automatic choke). The EE-2, EE-22, EE-23, and EE-25 carbs were Stromberg's first "thin wall casting". The bowls would break if the mechanic did not use two wrenches when attaching/detaching the fuel line from the carburetor. Stromberg did reinforce this area of the bowl in 1934; AND issue service bulletins to all of the auto manufacturers using these carburetors. The auto manufacturers reissued the bulletins to their dealers, who distributed the bulletins to their mechanics. And the mechanics.........................well the bulletins were printed on softer paper than the Sears and Sawbuck catalogues............................ And modern "mechanics"??? Maybe used an airwrench! There are several different bowls, ALL of which are EXPENSIVE, as this has been an issue for 80 years! Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9Chllenger Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 Thanks guys I will try to get pics of the broken carb and maybe someone here can help. Sorry I don't much information, I am just trying to help him out. thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbking Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 A few decades later, Rochester had a similar issue. Rochester addressed the issue with levity, rather than requiring the mechanics to read Jon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Post photos of the carb……clear, multiple photos. I probably have one at my home up north……which I am heading to tomorrow and won’t be back there till November. No guarantees……..but it’s probably a 90 percent chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9Chllenger Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) My brother has the pics on his phone. I do not know how to post them. Could you message me a phone no. that he can text them to you? Sorry, I am not computer savvy. Thanks Edited July 20, 2022 by 9Chllenger (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
409viper Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
409viper Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 only really need the center section... rest of carb is good... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbking Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 The center section is the bowl, and the pictured one has the issue I described. At some time in this carburetor's history, this issue was created by Dr. Goodpliers. Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Only the center section has any value. I’ll be at the shop tonight the first time in about six months. I’ll check my cabinet. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbking Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Ed - you thought you might have one. The needed bowl is P-19742 and is unique to the 1934 LaSalle; Stromberg lists no interchanges for this part number. The venturii are 1 1/32. The carburetor is A-17782. Jon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) Thanks John…….. that puts the odds to Slim to None…….and Slim is on vacation. I shall take a look anyway, I think I have a half a dozen of them. Edited July 20, 2022 by edinmass (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbking Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Ed - if you don't have one, I'll dig in my stash. I only have maybe half a dozen EE-23's, and I don't remember a LaSalle. On the other hand, if I didn't have a "standard" breakfast, I wouldn't remember what I had for breakfast this morning Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9Chllenger Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 Guys, We really appreciate what you are doing for us. Without your help, we would be lost... thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9Chllenger Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 Just checking in. Anybody happen to find a carb that will work on a 34 LaSalle straight eight? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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