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I have a 1971 F100 with probably a 75ish, 300ish 6 cyl. I got the truck sight unseen, PO not available. It's a really cobbled together, minimum maintenance vehicle off of a ranch. I have got it to start. It runs pretty rough. Smoke at the exhaust, not sure yet if it's oil or gas. The choke does open, mostly. There are at least two basic tuning problems.
1. Besides the carb being really old, the vacuum lines are not properly connected, and I don't know where they all should go. I do have a functioning brake booster vac line. There are two more ports under the carb, one is going into a fitting that passes through the firewall. The third might have gone to the distributor, as it's about the right diameter, but the hose is not attached to the distributor, which is missing a vac advance cannister. Also, there's a PCV valve on the valve cover with no hose and no place to go.
2. The distributor has no vac advance cannister, so not sure where to go from there. It does accelerate like the timing is pretty good, but I'd really like to get the basic tune right, then see where things stand.
I'm in a rural area, no parts stores around, no auto shops, but I've got you guys. Thanks! Here's the project. The 3 ports I know of. Vac cannister went in this slot?
