I'm gonna pull off my carb tomorrow and give it a good Ole cleaning, till I order my rebuild kit which will probably happen later this week. Gotta take a trip to MEPS Wednesday so I'll order it Thursday night

 

Looking at the picture of your fuel filter canister full of crap is a good tip off your tank is in need of cleaning also. So add that to your list of to do's. If it rusted then a new tank or get some of the coating liner stuff.
Orich

 

Checked gas tank, pretty clean inside, can see the shiny bottom and no sentiment around pickup line. BUT, I took off the horn and venturis and gave the throttle blades and all orfices a few sprays of carb clean and Voila! Runs 10x better. I'm gonna order a rebuild kit as I don't think I can get this any cleaner without soaking it. But it has a slight stumble in 2nd but it's half as bad as it used to be and no stumble in 3rd and 4th gear, flies like a horse

 

Apologies for the lack of lighting, but in red is what was sprayed down including around throttle blades and what is the hole I circled in blue? I couldn't find an answer on a diagram but when I misaligned my gasket when putting the horn on while running, I noticed it had suction

 

I rebuilt mine by printing out this PDF and following it step by step.

http://www.cjclub.co.il/files/motorcraft_2150_carb.pdf

Got my kit here
Motorcraft 2100 2 Barrel Carburetor Kit

I would give a full re-build. You'll be glad you did.

 

Yeah but you know the difference between a hammer and a screw driver.

 

I'm sorry, some of these questions are redundant. I have to laugh, If I don't post anything my head will explode. God Bless America!!!!!
Newbies or not. you guys are ??????

 

My apologies, my first carbed vehicle. I gotta learn somehow

 

Learning is great! That's what these guys are trying to help with. Just remember, it's a 40 something year old truck. Everything needs attention. These old trucks actually held up very well. Dirt is the enemy of any fuel system.
In 2050, I suspect my fuel injected, computer everything, power everthing, F150 SuperCrew wil be long gone to the scrap yard.

 

Agreed. Well since a cleaning helped a lot. This thread is done and 5 pages of "redundant" questions will be the last. Appreciate the help those of you patient enough to deal with a noob, I promise there won't be many of these

 

I think sometime we throw a lot of trouble shooting ideas that is over the heads of many guys whos father did not teach them any interest in a vehicle.

So there's no real incentive for the son to try and learn about vehicles.
Some we learn stuff in High School Auto shop that is good for young teens
to give them an interest in automobiles is a good thing.

I guess sometimes we expect more from a newbies who come here for help.
Some don't fallow through with the trouble shooting we tell them how to do.
But just keep asking what will be the fix with out them trying anything we've told them.

Most all of us who give advise is right on the spot or close and others have a great deal of expertness.

Many us of have had jobs in the auto repair business in one area or other.

Trouble shooting is a learned skill that takes a good deal of time to learn engine an the electrically system, Brakes, tranny standard to automatics,then theirs body work more time taking learned skills an so on.

Many guys here can give a great deal of advise on trouble shooting on most any problem to get a person back on the road one way or another.

Were here to help the best we can and any one who is willing to put forth an effort too follow through on are advise. But when we throw at a person a long list of ideas from many guys here willing to use there time trying to help someone and after all said and done they fail to do anything of or follow are advise..

If a member gets an idea of where all are time is going to like on deaf ears
a few snappy words come into play from time to time.

So hopefully you'll get the carb fixed up soon and back to running the way you want it.
Orich

 

It's a huge help having a community of you guys helping. I by no means are a noob (at least at everything other than carburetors and distributors) when it comes to most parts of a vehicle as I learn as I go. I can read an electrical diagram like it's a book, guess being a part time electrician helps huh?
I'll always take and follow your guys advice unless a little itch has me try something else.

Have a good day Orich and the rest of you that helped out!

 

If you can read a schematic or diagram you will be a great boon to a lot of people. For some reason automotive wiring just makes a lot of folks take the stupid pill and do things that doesn't make any sense. One thing I've always tried to do, is regardless don't make the situation worse and get into something I can't get out of. If I don't have the space or the specialty tools or the experience I'll weigh the likely frustration level and general cussedness and maybe, farm it out to the pros. This can cost but now and then is worth it. Some folks here are absolute artists in steel. I am not one of those lol.

 

That's what I ended up doing (take it to the pros) with the two radiators I had. I cleaned and fluxed and soldered. Then found another leak, then another. Those radiators had more silver color than brass when I was done, and still leaked. I removed all the solder and told the guy " I don't have the equipment or the expertise to do this right." He said " You're the first person to admit that". "Everyone blames the flux or solder". I hope I can still chuckle when I see the bill on Thursday.

 

I'd love to work with steel fabrication and welding, as that would make my never ending list of "oooo I want" actually happen *cough* cummins swap. But I don't have any knowledge in the welding section so until I self learn, no fabrication