Slacks Creek Carburettors

28/08/2025

To all our loyal customers Past and present. we thank you , but we are now in permanent retirement.

14/10/2022

OK, Time for a news update.
As some of you may have noticed, I haven't posted for awhile, or even been contactable, except by phone.

The reason for this is because we have moved, not only the workshop but house as well.
Over 70% of my clients send their carbs to me via post or courier, even from a few suburbs away. Its fast and relatively cheap and in todays busy schedules the easiest way.

My wife and I decided to get out of the increasingly restrictive city living and get some space and fresh air. So we uprooted everything, packed our home and workshop into some containers and moved to Hervey Bay.
We have been coming here for years for annual holidays and find the life style suits us well.
Luckily I have kept 95% of my customers and found that living here has had very little effect on the work side of life, but a massive effect on my health and my lifestyle.

So there you have it, photos and posts will now recommence in the near future as we settle in to a better environment

Cheers for now... Mike..

06/03/2020

Just so you all guys know...

12/07/2019

Thanks to all the visitors who dropped by and liked this page. A big thumbs up to you guys and gals!.
I am pleasantly surprised at the amount of people you actually know what a Carby is 😊.
A far as new content goes, nothing really different has crossed the workbench over the last few weeks, but i have some archived stuff you may enjoy.
Again thanks and please subscribe and follow to get the newest pictures and stories.
Mike.

06/06/2019

Mitsubishi Magna

A little interesting story about a Magna I worked on this week.
A friend of mine gave me a call and asked for some straight up advice. He knows I dont sugar coat things just to sound nice.
His problem he explained, started a few day prior, when standing with the engine off all was fine, but as soon as he started the car and put it in gear, he had a large automatic fluid puddle under the car.
He asked what I thought it could be, I pondered for a second and said " You have a leak." After a few moments silence, he replied "I know that!, but from where?. He then went on to explain that he had rung around and the general consensus was the gearbox had to come out and he received quotes ranging from two thousand dollars to possible six and a half thousand if blah and blah was damaged. After all these shops and experts gave him a long spiel on what it was, he was slightly dumbfounded that all I had said was, it had a leak.

I said, OK, You have a leak, probably a high pressure leak.

and? he asked. My crystal ball is offline, so bring it around and let me check it out in person. Same reason the doctor actually wants to SEE you in person when you ring and tell him you feel like crap, whats wrong with you?.

We agreed on a day and he turned up with his Magna leaving a trail from my house to his.
Putting it up on the hoist showed the entire left side of the floor pan well and truly rustproofed.
Just under 4 hours later, after stripping a huge amount of stuff out of the way, The leak was found, and repaired, and he was back on the road with the oil inside the gearbox not all on the outside.
Cost of repair and parts less than ten percent that he was quoted over the phone.

Moral of the story, take your car to someone you trust, do not listen to on the phone quotes. And find someone who is happy to fix your car without financing their new boat out of your pocket.

Cheers for now...more carb stuff soon.
Mike.

23/01/2019

23/01/2019

A nice young fella called Fritz brought me a carb off a old Toyota RT104 for some work. I nearly forgot to take some pics but did grab a couple.

04/01/2019

I have got a bit of a hobby project that i would like to fiddle with. So I am looking for donations of any old laptop batteries that you may have laying around. Or know of someone that has a few..

I know its nothing to do with carbs, but I like to tinker in my spare time.. So anyone? Thanks in advance..🤞

24/12/2018

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all that follow this blog. Also a hearfelt thank you to all those that put faith in us to fix and repair your beloved vehicles!.

19/12/2018

Sometimes I am asked how many bitz are in a carby? There cant be that much, is there?
Here is a few pics of a simple mitsubishi carby, before I start REALLY pulling it down.

19/12/2018

VE Commodore belonging to Pete. Is the Medical car for the Queensland Raceway.
Came in a received a pair of new rear wheel bearings. Fun job that was!