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Jul 22, 2009 | 01:10 PM

niko48

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Fire damaged 86 F250

I bought an 86 F250 that has minor fire damage in engine compartment. It has a 351W with a Holley/Motocraft 4 bbl. I'm having the carb rebuilt and will have to have new plug wires and will replace dist cap as a precaution. Where is the best place to find a diagram of vacuum and any other hoses. Carb rebuilder said an external plastic cam and internal diaphram were the only damage he saw. Plug wires are mostly gone and the distributor cap is discolored. If I can't make it work I'll use the bottom half of the engine for my other project truck. Thanks for any help!

Jul 22, 2009 | 03:48 PM

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best place to find vacuum diagram is on the sticker under the hood. after that, i dont know if a chiltons or haynes has it in there.

Jul 22, 2009 | 04:40 PM

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Well, my Chiltons manual is for 87-96 pick ups and it has vacuum diagrams- I would think the right manual for your year would have them too.

Jul 23, 2009 | 07:06 AM

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Thanks, Since there was a samll fire under the hood and it's 23 years old I think Chilton's is my best bet.

Jul 23, 2009 | 07:07 AM

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Autozone.com also has the vacuum diagrams in the repair section

Jul 23, 2009 | 10:37 AM

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Autozone.com also has the vacuum diagrams in the repair section

I love the idea but can't seem to find it. Any guidance you can give on navigating to the vacuum diagram would be appreciated.

Jul 24, 2009 | 07:34 AM

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vacuum lines

We have a 87 F250 4X4 (8800lb) with the same engine (more or less); the pollution stuff went the way of the do-do a few years ago but I can send you a photo of the under-hood sticker over the weekend?

regards, john.

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Aug 24, 2009 | 12:29 PM

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Thanks for the diagram. Got a new problem. The carburetor to cannister vent line(from the front of the carb to the carbon cannister) took a lot of heat and basically melted. I've been to the parts houses but they can't get this. Is is two short approx 1/2 in hoses with a check valve in the middle. Where can a get a new one? Thanks.