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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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Carb Replacement Problems

I replaced the carb on my 84 250 and while i was putting everything back together i noticed a yellowish bar that attached near the front return spring on the old carb. However, the new carb doesnt have an attachment for this bar. I followed it and it seems to end on the side of the transmission at a what looks like a switch. What is this mysterious bar and what does it do? Must is be attached?
 
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 07:36 AM
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Sounds to me like the auto tranny kickdown linkage.

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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 09:19 AM
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What exactly is that supposed to do when the throttle is open or closed? ...so I know how to attach it the right way...
 
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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Short answer...

Passing Gear.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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The carb you installed is for a manual transmission vehicle. You need to find one for an auto trans.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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Thanks for all the help, I found an adapter on the Edelbrock website that fixes the problem so I wont have any tranny problems.
 
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