'83 351W 2bbl. carb question
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'83 351W 2bbl. carb question
Hi- New to FTE, still finding my way around here (better with wrenches than computers!).
Having some trouble with the carb on the 351 in my old truck ('83 F150 regular cab/long box body on '82 F250 4X4 frame, 351W, 4-speed). Was running, but starving the last few times I drove it, especially when accelerating. Last trip, it just died 1/2 mile from home. Haven't done much of anything with an Autolight/Motorcraft carb since I rebuilt the C-code 289 in my Mustang in highschool ('92), so it's almost like working on one for the first time. Starts and runs good if I fill the float bowl. Fuel pump is good. So.. I pulled the top off the carb... the float is sticking against a plastic part next to it (to the right of it, looking from in front of the truck)that looks like it is partly melted. Can't see this part (don't even know what to call it) in any of the on-line parts diagrams I've been able to find. It looks kinda like a bowl inside the float bowl. Purpose? Included in rebuild kits? Available? Needed?? Thanks for any info. I need to get it running so I can sell it... got my 'new' truck a few days after this one quit on me - '01 F350 supercab, long box, V10, 5-speed.
Having some trouble with the carb on the 351 in my old truck ('83 F150 regular cab/long box body on '82 F250 4X4 frame, 351W, 4-speed). Was running, but starving the last few times I drove it, especially when accelerating. Last trip, it just died 1/2 mile from home. Haven't done much of anything with an Autolight/Motorcraft carb since I rebuilt the C-code 289 in my Mustang in highschool ('92), so it's almost like working on one for the first time. Starts and runs good if I fill the float bowl. Fuel pump is good. So.. I pulled the top off the carb... the float is sticking against a plastic part next to it (to the right of it, looking from in front of the truck)that looks like it is partly melted. Can't see this part (don't even know what to call it) in any of the on-line parts diagrams I've been able to find. It looks kinda like a bowl inside the float bowl. Purpose? Included in rebuild kits? Available? Needed?? Thanks for any info. I need to get it running so I can sell it... got my 'new' truck a few days after this one quit on me - '01 F350 supercab, long box, V10, 5-speed.
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pic of Motorcraft carb (I hope)
I'll try posting a pic... it looks like the plastic part is melted! No idea how that happened... no fires under the hood in hte 11 years I've had it, as far as I know. Could a backfire thru the carb do this??
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OK... the pic didn't work... and as I'm not all that computer-literate, I don't know what to change to try again. The pic is in my Photobucket account... go to photobucket.com and search for motorcraft 2 bbl carb, and it should show up. (or look for photobucket user "fordfarmer")
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That worked. It's looks to me like you had a little backfire at some time, and the top of the carb caught on fire. The top of the float doesn't look to good either. It would have sounded like a little "pop".
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Hi- New to FTE, still finding my way around here (better with wrenches than computers!).
Having some trouble with the carb on the 351 in my old truck ('83 F150 regular cab/long box body on '82 F250 4X4 frame, 351W, 4-speed). Was running, but starving the last few times I drove it, especially when accelerating. Last trip, it just died 1/2 mile from home. Haven't done much of anything with an Autolight/Motorcraft carb since I rebuilt the C-code 289 in my Mustang in highschool ('92), so it's almost like working on one for the first time. Starts and runs good if I fill the float bowl. Fuel pump is good. So.. I pulled the top off the carb... the float is sticking against a plastic part next to it (to the right of it, looking from in front of the truck)that looks like it is partly melted. Can't see this part (don't even know what to call it) in any of the on-line parts diagrams I've been able to find. It looks kinda like a bowl inside the float bowl. Purpose? Included in rebuild kits? Available? Needed?? Thanks for any info. I need to get it running so I can sell it... got my 'new' truck a few days after this one quit on me - '01 F350 supercab, long box, V10, 5-speed.
Having some trouble with the carb on the 351 in my old truck ('83 F150 regular cab/long box body on '82 F250 4X4 frame, 351W, 4-speed). Was running, but starving the last few times I drove it, especially when accelerating. Last trip, it just died 1/2 mile from home. Haven't done much of anything with an Autolight/Motorcraft carb since I rebuilt the C-code 289 in my Mustang in highschool ('92), so it's almost like working on one for the first time. Starts and runs good if I fill the float bowl. Fuel pump is good. So.. I pulled the top off the carb... the float is sticking against a plastic part next to it (to the right of it, looking from in front of the truck)that looks like it is partly melted. Can't see this part (don't even know what to call it) in any of the on-line parts diagrams I've been able to find. It looks kinda like a bowl inside the float bowl. Purpose? Included in rebuild kits? Available? Needed?? Thanks for any info. I need to get it running so I can sell it... got my 'new' truck a few days after this one quit on me - '01 F350 supercab, long box, V10, 5-speed.
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Got to thinking while I was on the tractor... I have another 2V on the 360 from my Grandpa's old '76 F150 in the back of the garage... I don't even have to run to the boneyard. So... got back, went out to the shed to take the baffle (or waht ever you want to call it) out, and decided to see what I could do to it with my pocket knife... Trimmed the melted edge, and problem solved! Float can move, running strong! Wish all problems were so cheap to fix.
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