Yes, the EGR was purposely left off my list. Someone has already fixed that for you with that plate.

Do you have a cable going to the transmission that is hooked to the throttle of the carb?

 

well it says overdrive on it but I believe back then it was just an extra cruising gear

 

This is important, you need to check it out. If you have a AOD, you will need to make sure that linkage is hooked up to the carb properly or you could burn up your transmission. Do you have a "D" with a circle around it on the gear indicator, and do you have a cable going to the throttle on the carb?

Here's a link to the pan shapes to make double sure. This is going to be something important you need to address. So important, that if you have a AOD, you might want to keep your old carb till you get a plan together to get it hooked up to the new carb.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...aod-c4-c6.html

 

I do have the "d" with a circle and I'm fairly certain I have a cable going from the accelerator to the throttle on the carb as this was made before throttle position sensors

 

I dont know if that's the line you were referring to but the first picture is the only line I see right now running from the carb to the transmission. The second picture looks like it might pair up with that egr on the bottom of the carb I mentioned that looked like it had been cut out

 

after double checking the oil pan I can officially say beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is in fact the AOD

 

Well, make sure you get this hooked up right on the new carb. Study the situation carefully, and after your carb swap carefully drive it and see if it shifts correctly. By the way, your truck did have a throttle position sensor, MAP sensor, oxygen sensor, basically a full blown electronically controlled engine just short of fuel injectors. That is the reason you are going though all this and ordering all these parts, to get rid of all that and go back to the old style dist and carb. Hopefully it will work out ok.

Here's a little more info on your AOD. https://www.becontrols.com/tvlinkage.shtml

 

welp ive hit a bit of a bump in the road. The old carb has a leg for the stock to linkage to hook to. The new one does not. Is it possible to transplant it?

 

The original carb is probably in lousy shape correct? They usually are when they sit around with old fuel in them. I was going to say you can continue on with your swap, use the old carb for now and then figure out what to do later.

But it would be nice to have a new carb on it also. I see two choices;

1. Carefully take a hacksaw and cut the bottom AOD linkage leg off and take it to someone and get them to weld it onto the new carb linkage or

2. Cross your fingers that possibly the bottom throttle body of the old carb would bolt on to the new carb. That would be something, but it might work. I say that would be something, parts off a carb made by the chinese bolting onto a carb made in America years ago. It may work, they say the small engines you buy at Harbor Freight are knock-offs of Honda engines, and Honda parts will bolt right on them.

There may be a 3rd choice. See the end of the shaft on the new carb where the linkage piece is held on? That is the end of the throttle shaft and it has been battered or "peened" over to hold it all in place. Your old carb is the same way. You could grind this off, and then wiggle the piece off, and do the same to the old carb and swap the pieces. But then you have to get it back on there. I would not peen it with a hammer back on there, I would think it would be too easy to damage the throttle shaft. Possibly you could get someone to spot weld it back into place. I don't know if JB weld would hold it or not.