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Nov 28, 2005 | 11:21 AM

77460

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I am an old man who builds and races Chevy 409s. I just bought a 77 F150 460-C6 extended cab, long bed truck. I wanted a truck to pull car trailers and could not pass this old Ford up. Fantastic body on this truck. Will have to do much work. 4350series Motorcraft spreadbore carb was butchered by previous owner( left parts out) I have ordered adapter plate to convert to Carter-Edelbrock. I am very familiar with these carbs. I would like to put timing light on engine after I install new carb, but I have yet to find timing pointer!! Maybe some basic info from someone. ...30 min. ago I asked for help concerning bad brake booster, and have already recieved answer from this forum. Thanks for the help. Please dont hold my 409 history against me. My wife drives a Grand Marquis and I have a 94 Ranger "parts chaser" that I bought new.

Nov 28, 2005 | 05:26 PM

quehele

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I had the same trouble...

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I had the same trouble when I bought mine. The pointer is on the passenger side, just over the harmonic balancer. You might have to sand the balancer to see the timing mark...I had to. After you sand and identify the timing mark, fill it with a little white paint or white-out. It worked for me.

Good luck.

Jim

Nov 29, 2005 | 12:22 PM

SasquatchF-250

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From: salem now then boxford

great choice of truck. i got my f-250 that pulled race cars for years for a team in town. If you need a new booster national parts depot would have one for about $40
good luck.

Nov 29, 2005 | 12:26 PM

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unlike most chevies, 460's have the degrees stamped on the balancer, and the pointer sticks over the balancer on the passenger side, or it should anyways....i just went outside and took a pic of mine, this is shot facing down on the balancer on the passenger side of the water pump...hope it helps....

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Nov 29, 2005 | 01:58 PM

Mil1ion

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Welcome to the site!

May I suggest reading this thread ?

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=102632

Nov 29, 2005 | 02:15 PM

77460

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I would like to thank all who have responded. I now have good guidance on where to buy and what to buy to repair the bad brake booster. Thanks to SwOkcOffroader, I now know my pointer is missing. An empty female boss on the timing cover in line with the balancer. Am waiting on carb. adapter to gofrom Motorcraft 4 bbl (4350) to Carter. I have a good Carter on a car I will use on the 460 to tune and make sure the motor is healthy. The previous owner had butchered the Motorcraft ( missin parts too) Would not idle under 1,500 rpms due to massive internal vaccuum leaks in carb. But the engine itself had no knocks and didnot smoke. It suffered terrible abuse. Air filter was 100% stopped up, had Ford part no. (original filter?) But thanks to you guys, I can make some progress.

Nov 29, 2005 | 04:12 PM

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You've got a good truck there. Stick with it and it'll make you proud. Understand though that the F-150 is the little truck. It will pull a trailer, just make sure for safety sake you don't overload it. I have pulled a car trailer with an estimated combined weight of 6500 pounds. It was the upper limit of what I would pull. Your truck should have more than enough power to move the load. My concern is with brakes and suspension. An F-250 or 350 would be a better tow rig if available. But if your trailer has good brakes, the tongue weight isn't too high and you can take your time, this truck may be good for your needs.