Originally Posted by JP56
I have long been a fan of mini vans, & am a real glutton for punishment with all the DPC minis I have owned. I must have had and fixed every single problem known to them over the years since they first cam out. The worst one I ever owned was an 84 mini ram van, w a Mikuni(?) carb & 4 speed manual. The best I ever owned was a 94 Plymouth Voyager, which was the best year ever for the DPC minis. They had finally worked out all the kinks w the drivetrain, engines(except for the blowing head gaskets), & electrical systems. My 94 blew the head gaskets so I pulled the engine, did a tear down & rebuild and bored it out to a 3.8, reinstalled it & replaced all the crappy suspension bushings at the same time and it was not the soccer mom's mini van anymore! Then the fools in charge made all the new changes and went back to them being filled with gremlins to drive ya crazy! I am now running a 2013 Dodge GC SXT w 97,000 on it. I miss the AWD feature and it super sux in the snow, but I still love my minis!
I had that same carb on my 86 Caravan with the 2.6L Mitsu 4 cylinder oil burner. They were great carbs when setup right. Only weak point was the choke diaphram which we kept spares in the glove box and only took a few minutes to change. If this diaphram was in good shape it was the only carb I knew of that would start in the dead cold of a Canadian winter by just turning the key without the typical gas pedal pump to prime the system. It was so good we actually had a remote starter on this van the first year the Pro-Start kits from Canadian Tire came out. I loved that van and although it burned a lot of oil and was gutless going up hill it was super reliable and I drove it to 460,000km before an electrical fire claimed it.
It had 0 rust too thanks to the Krown sprays done annually on it.