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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 10:28 PM
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I have a 1981 ford bronco with a 302 h.o.. I bought it used and the motor has been replaced. the truck has no power. ( i know, it is only a 302) but, it it drags bad and has a hard time starting. I dont think my vacuum advance is hooked up, but, forgive me, I dont know where it plugs into. any sugestions? also, it runs really rich. cant seem to tame it down. this thing needs a lot of work, and I will be taking it out to refresh it soon. any help is much appreciated! thanks.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 11:47 PM
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On your vacuum advance it hooks up to the distributer and to ported vacuum.Ported vacuum means that it hooks up above your bottom butterfly on your carb.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 07:29 AM
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there are a couple different nipples on the bottom of the carb. it is an edelbrock 600. does it matter which one i hook it up to?
 
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It shouldn't matter as long as it's above the bottom butterfly.
try to find the highest one on the carb and you should be fine.
 
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