I just bought an 87 honda accord lx. It drove fine when I test drove it but then after I put some gas in the tank for the first time it died after I tried to accelerate from a stop. It would start back up but would die again if gave it too much gas. I could tell it was flooding by the overwhelming smell of exhaust. I took it to one of the only mechanics shops that does carburetor work in the town I live and they said that it needed a carburetor rebuild, intake manifold gaskets and intake resurfaced. The estimate was 1150 dollars. So I've been looking for a way to fix the car myself. I've think that I've ruled out the option of rebuilding the carb myself in favor buying one from importcarbs.com or buying a weber kit. I'm not sure what to do about the intake needing to be resurfaced though. Is this a possible for someone like myself, who is not a mechanic, to fix? I also was looking a weber's and noticed that you need to purchase additional parts if your accord is an automatic, which mine is. Can someone give me some advice on what my best options are?
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