Subject: Carburetor Brass Tag Identification
The brass identification tag on
Rochester carburetors shows the carburetor part number and also designates
the month during the calendar year the carburetor was built. Brass tags stamped A6 indicate the
carburetor was built in January of the 1956 calendar year, B6
February, C6 March and so on. In this manner, modifications due to
engineering changes can be identified.
For instance, if a production
change is made at the beginning of March, the brass identification tag
would carry the letter C and would indicate that all carburetors built in
March or after would have the engineering modification.
If engineering changes are
incorporated in carburetors sometime during the month, some other means of
identifying modifications is required. A smaller letter of the alphabet is
used for this purpose. It is stamped in the lower left hand section of the
brass tag.
Brass tags stamped "A" as above
indicate the first modification, "B" the second modification, "C" the
third and so on. Further, if the brass tag is stamped "C" it means that
all three modifications are incorporated in the carburetors so tagged, see
illustration below: