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I've been doing some research into the options for re-building my carburetors. I've gathered information from members of the 311s.org forums and from searching the archives of the Roadster mailing list, both excellent resources full of knowledgeable people willing to share their experiences.

My personal preference is to re-build them myself, but my #1 priority is that they function correctly and for that reason I believe there may be some portions of the job better left to the professionals.

I have found three vendors that will re-build carbs:

• zTherapy, Inc., located in Salem, Oregon, sells re-building kits ($150) and parts, offers full remanufacturing service ($595), and offers throttle-shaft re-building service ($175).
  

• Keith Williams in Las Vegas, a mailing-list member that has already helped me out by recommending which parts I'd most likely need to re-build the carbs myself, re-builds carbs on the side. I have heard nothing but good things about how nice Keith's carbs look and function.
  

• Apple Hydraulics, located in upstate New York, offers services to people restoring cars including full-service SU carb re-builds ($395) as well as re-building just the throttle shafts ($150).
  

Additionally many of the roadster parts vendors stock parts for the re-build, and some of the parts are still available from Nissan.

My first step is to order from zTherapy their "Just SUs" video ($20), which is renowned as the best resource for learning how the SUs work and how to tune them yourself. I'm hoping that video will give me the knowledge and/or confidence to determine what I can handle doing myself and what is better left to the pros.