ok, i just boutgh a rebuilt carb for my 82 F100, this is my first carberated truck so im not sure hot to do it. so any and all info will be greatly appreciated!

 

 

If your carb has a bunch of do-dads connected to the body of it - swap it all onto your new carb. You may need to unscrew the top (air horn) part of the carb to get all the brackets installed. You want to do this before trying to run gas through it. Make sure you keep it (the bowl) clean. Don't torque down to hard on the screws that hold the air horn on. Some people use loctite on them (the screw) to keep them from lossening up. Buy a fuel filter while your at it, you may want to replace some of the fuel line too. You may have one of two types of filters (or if your like me -running both) -inline type or the one that threads into the carb fuel opening. With that threaded opening, if you using the filter or just the nipple - a little teflon tap is good on it...use VERY sparingly, you don't want any loose tape getting into the carb. -Don't try to tighten too much either -the threads can get stripped.
Make carfeul note of how you remove items. Remove the air cleaner assembly. Unhook the fuel line and fat vent line from the front of the carb. Disconnect the choke wire & anti-diesel solenoid wire(if equiped). On the back of the carb near the choke there should be a small metal tube that runs into the side of the choke housing (located on driver's side). Backoff the nut and pull the tube out and away from the carb...dont't yank on it or try to remove from the exhaust manifold -simply disconnect from carb and let it sit there (these tend to get britte too, bend as little as necessary to remove it). You may also have the air feed tube going into the choke stove...it a metal / rubber tube that is near to top of the carb on the passenger side. Unplug it. Carefully unplug the rest of the vacuum lines connected to the carb. You may want to use some masking tape on the vacuum lines and number them. Draw up a diagram to illustrate how they're connected to the old carb....make sure the new carb has the same available ports for the vacuum lines. Disconnect the throttle linkage. Unscrew the two jam nuts holding the carb down and lift it off (be careful, the bowl will still be full of fuel). Use a new, thick gasket when resinstalling. Swap the do-dads like I mentioned between carbs - do this somewhere clean. Wad up a bunch of papertowels and stuff them into the intake to prevent anything from getting into it. Becareful not to drop anything inside the intake...a nut or washer dropped inside it would be BAD. Reinstall in reverse steps. You may need to adjust the idle and mixture....but try it out first and check for leaks and throttle cable binding. I recommend getting a Haynes manual for your truck. It will help out A LOT. Lastly, remember you're dealing with fuel -be safe! If you have any specific Q's keep 'em coming.

 

one more thing when i bought my bronco
it had remanufactured carb on and ran poorly
so i rebuilt it to find out the float was adjusted all wrong
so you migth want to pull off the top of the carb and check
huge difference
carb kit cost about 12 bucks at napa


hope that helps
the ogre

p.s. one barrels are fairly simple
so don't be itimidated