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Old May 6, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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Question Fuel problems

Have a 65 F100 with a 6 cylinder, 240 engine. Have been driving it for about ten years and it has pretty much been trouble free.

Yesterday, as I was rounding a corner, I let off the gas and the engine died. Never happened before. Managed to get home, but every time I let off the gas, the dog-gone thing died.

This afternoon, I took the carb (one barrel) off, cleaned it up real good, put on a new fuel filter, put it back on - same problem.

It will start right up, runs great until you left off the gas - then, it dies.

Choke seems to working fine and have fresh gas.

Any ideas? Scratching my head.
 
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Old May 6, 2007 | 11:31 PM
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Possible vacume leak, fowled plug, points going out. you pulled the carb and cleaned out the idle circuit correct?
 
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Old May 7, 2007 | 11:41 AM
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Idle circuit was my first thought.
 
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