stock carburetor setup
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Laughing Gas
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stock carburetor setup
As I get ready to rebuild the little one-barrel Holley that came with my 53 F-100, 215 six, I have a question about linkage. As long as I've had the truck, there has never been a throttle cable. I've always just pulled the choke a bit to increase engine rpm when my feet are too busy with the clutch and brakes to bother with the accelerator pedal. Where on the carburetor would this throttle cable hook up? The carb does have two holes in its permanently attached linkage arm. One of these is filled with the round-headed nub that attaches to the accelerator pedal linkage. The other may be for the throttle cable, but there is no provision on the carb to secure the wound wire cable cover. Thanks, jvmcc
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I am not aware of a trottle cable ever being used (in addition to the linkage) on the 53. I would think it might be unsafe since it would not release if the brakes were applied. I have used the parking brake to hold the truck when 3 feet were needed and that always helped.
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a hand operated throttle was an option on F-100's standard on the bigger trucks, I think F-250 and up, definitely F-500 and up. If you look at your original dash if you do not have a throttle now, there is a plug covering the hole on the dash next to the choke and ignition. My truck has 2 hole plugs, 1 for the throttle and 1 for the cigar lighter.
that's all I know, I don't know how it hooks up. Try to get a pic of a bigger truck with a throttle hooked up.
abe
that's all I know, I don't know how it hooks up. Try to get a pic of a bigger truck with a throttle hooked up.
abe
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Thanks for the responses. In fact, I don't know if my truck ever had a hand throttle. I had asummed that they all came stock with one, though I have always wondered what it's purpose might be. An early attempt at cruise control? yeow!! My dash ***** had been modified and switched around long ago by a previous owner. Now,I'm trying to get this old beast to resemble its former self when it was driven away from the dealer. If loosing the throttle cable and **** is the best way to achieve this, then that's fine by me. Thanks again.
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The purpose of the hand throttle is to keep the engine revving while the driver is outside the truck. This is useful for perhaps lifting the hoist on a dump bed, using a PTO, or as I remember on our farm, using my Dad's '48 Chevy 5 window 3/4 ton pickup as a little kid I would steer the truck and the throttle would be pulled out to set the speed and me Mom, Dad, and older siblings would walk in the field and pick up rocks or corn, etc. As I got older then the I would join them outside and the truck could "steer" itself.
Look at my gallery, at the interior shot taken from the passenger side. Look closely and you'll see a small cover plug to the right of the ignition switch. There is also one to the left of the ignition switch. These originally were painted silver or were chrome or were stainless steel, not sure as mine were quite rusty. Mine were painted over. I wish I had taken them out and cleaned them up before my paint guy painted the dash. Am not sure now without looking it up which hole the throttle **** went in. but I think it was the one to the left of the ignition with the cigar lighter to the right.
abe
Look at my gallery, at the interior shot taken from the passenger side. Look closely and you'll see a small cover plug to the right of the ignition switch. There is also one to the left of the ignition switch. These originally were painted silver or were chrome or were stainless steel, not sure as mine were quite rusty. Mine were painted over. I wish I had taken them out and cleaned them up before my paint guy painted the dash. Am not sure now without looking it up which hole the throttle **** went in. but I think it was the one to the left of the ignition with the cigar lighter to the right.
abe
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Abe,
What a nice truck! The seat cover in those gallery photos looks just like the one I got from J.C.Whitney in the seventies. I, too, am hoping to replace my own with a more stock appearing fabric.
As far as dash layout goes, starting from left to right, the ***** would be: starter button, wipers, lights, steering wheel, choke, blank, ignition, and blank. Is this right? As you can tell, I am really in the dark about how all this gets set up. I didn't know until a few months ago that the starter motor was activated by a separate button.
What a nice truck! The seat cover in those gallery photos looks just like the one I got from J.C.Whitney in the seventies. I, too, am hoping to replace my own with a more stock appearing fabric.
As far as dash layout goes, starting from left to right, the ***** would be: starter button, wipers, lights, steering wheel, choke, blank, ignition, and blank. Is this right? As you can tell, I am really in the dark about how all this gets set up. I didn't know until a few months ago that the starter motor was activated by a separate button.
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My F-100 didn't have a throttle, just the plug. The F-350 cab I bought had a throttle but I have no idea how it was connected to the carb. Lots of help, huh? 
Kevin Kessler
1953 Ford F-100
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1953 Ford F-100
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To add to further confusion, My 1953 f-100 has the throttle cable in the cab, but the cable was disconnected in the engine bay when i bought my truck in 1991.
I've thought about reconnecting it but also I didn't know where on the carb the cable should attach to
Todd
I've thought about reconnecting it but also I didn't know where on the carb the cable should attach to
Todd
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Bob,
cool truck, not in bad shape for Michigan in the rust belt. The description of your dash ***** had me going there for a while. Someone (could have been the dealer) must have put the fan switch into the hole where the throttle went. I will have to check my literature and see what model the throttle control came standard on. My truck has the fan switch and the defroster control under the dash mounted on a bracket. Look at my gallery.
thanks, abe
cool truck, not in bad shape for Michigan in the rust belt. The description of your dash ***** had me going there for a while. Someone (could have been the dealer) must have put the fan switch into the hole where the throttle went. I will have to check my literature and see what model the throttle control came standard on. My truck has the fan switch and the defroster control under the dash mounted on a bracket. Look at my gallery.
thanks, abe
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Abe, See if you can pick up an "Operators Manual"for your truck, the one that I have for my 1950 F1 shows the complete dash and arrows pointing to each control with an identification. This will show how it came from the factory. These manuals are usually on E-Bay for less than $20. 
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Thanks
I agree about the owners manual. I've never even looked at one, but I probably should have. I'm hoping that it will not only show the basic dash setup, but also give me some idea of how and where some of the factory options were set up. Thanks all...I'm off to eBay.
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To answer the question about where the throttle cable would attach, on the earlier trucks (thru '52) the opposite end of the throttle shaft in the carb had a smaller arm and a spring-loaded "cup" over it. The cup was actually connected to the throttle shaft, and the arm turned the cup. If the gas pedal was used, the hand throttle would stay where it was and upon return to idle (when foot taken off gas pedal) the hand throttle arm would stop the cup, keeping idle high. I don't have a picture, it would help immensely!
The cable itself was clamped into a piece as shown on the picture in my gallery. the picture is of a Holley 2110 from a Y-block, so hand throttles were available on later trucks.
-- Ross
The cable itself was clamped into a piece as shown on the picture in my gallery. the picture is of a Holley 2110 from a Y-block, so hand throttles were available on later trucks.
-- Ross