hellllp please!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hellllp please!!!!!!!!!!!!
can anyone help me i have a 1969 f-250 with a 360 and a ford 2bbl it runs good at obove idle but idles crappy and starts hard. i put new plugs and wires new points new fuel pump and filter i have tried to adjust the carb the mix screws are about 2 turns out right now and i also have a hole about the same size diameter as a ciggerette but on top of the carb at the front over the float bowle could this be my problem? thanks to any that can help
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I believe that that hole is suppossed to have a rubber plug that covers it when you accelerate. I am at work right now so I can't check one of my carbs. You probably have a vacuum leak at the base of the carb.
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oh and by the way i dont know if it makes a dif but this truck only has 44000 miles and had been setting a lot befor i got it and drove it daily
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ok i found out my float may be set wrong it still dumps fuel after shut off and has vaper comming out of the carb so the hard start is flooding does that sound right to any one? if so how do i fix it?http://images.ford-trucks.com/forums...es2/smhair.gif
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I have a 1969 f250 with a 360 in it also, earlier this year, i added an electronic ignition to to, it goes in the distributor and it replaces the points, although it is around $100, i also had msd on it which i bought for $300 but that did not make as much of a difference as the electronic ignition, this might not work but for me it makes it fire right away, its unbelievable, otherwise maybe try a carb with an electric choke if you dont already have that?
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im not sure what you mean by a hole in the float but thats sound right.
69highboy, which electronic ignition did you go with? Ive got one from accell and i think it was $76 from jegs for the 360. havent installed it yet.
69highboy, which electronic ignition did you go with? Ive got one from accell and i think it was $76 from jegs for the 360. havent installed it yet.
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thanks guys i think i got i narrowed down to the carb needs a compleat rebuild and the hole i mentioned i have found through research that it is a vent hole but thanks for the help and as soon as i get the mony i am going to get the pertronix electronic ignition
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I went with the pertronix electronic ignition, it works great and was really easy to install.
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The easiest and one of the best ways to get away from points is to convert to a Ford Duraspark ignition. Your local u-pullit yard shoyld have everything you need. look for a mid seventies to mid eighties truck to get the parts.