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Jan 9, 2013 | 01:51 PM

spikinfool05

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carb rebuild

well having fuel issues again with the the 74. running rich dying for no reason. i stuck a new fuel pump on just to get that out of the way. be honest i have never taken a carb all the way apart before. so here we go. i got a few pictures taken but not many. wish me luck folks.

Jan 9, 2013 | 05:50 PM

devino246

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Carbs are easy. Just work on a clean table and lay everything out the way it came apart.

Jan 9, 2013 | 06:05 PM

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A really good trick that a lot of folks here on FTE use is to buy a couple of boxes of sandwich bags and use them to hold your parts.

I use a sharpie marker to mark the bag so I know exactly what's inside. The best part is, if you write neatly on the bag, you can cross out old/empty bag's writing and reuse them more other parts later.

On my motorcycle, I probably used only 10 baggies to store everything I needed because I worked in sections. By the end of my motorcycle endeavors, I had roughly 10 baggies, covered in black marker - and each bag was still legible/readable.

Jan 9, 2013 | 06:58 PM

spikinfool05

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well i made things worse now it wont even run unless the rpms are above 1500. buddy said maybe the float was sticking. still learning i guess.

Jan 9, 2013 | 08:18 PM

jb10

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let us know how it goes. i am thinking of tackling this as well.
any other input would be appreciated

Jan 10, 2013 | 08:26 PM

RWENUTS

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This is how I work on carbs. Long bolt in my vice. A nut on each side of the flange hole. Finger tight. Easy to spin around and easier to look at.

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Jan 10, 2013 | 10:17 PM

spikinfool05

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need to figure out what i did. wont even idle right now. i think i may have put the choke back togther wrong. does any one have a picture of how the carb linkage goes back togther on a motorcraft 2100?