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Reply #195 – February 01, 2007, 06:45:40 PM

can you open that pic of the duraspark system in paint,, edit it to show how and where you tied in your wires in quesition then post it?

by the way
you made a typo on one of your most recent previous posts,,,,"eduraspark",, it kinda has a ring to it:D

whats all this stuff about who joined when?,,, this new board "foxthunderbirds.com" contains many members from the old board. look at the date this site started and compare that to some of the faux join dates of some members.
anyone bitching about minor bull must not have a clue about how things use to work. We members volunteered to pay what we could to support the site and the money we donated was used wisely. It use to cost the admins a lot to just keep this site around,, thats why there is an archive section cause we did not want to loose this info.

honestly,, i forgot when i joined.

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Reply #196 – February 01, 2007, 10:04:36 PM

Well, I'm sad now. The carb I thought would be a square bore was in fact a spreadbore. Now I have a D6 carb from a 460. Anyone want a ok condition carb? Or is this useable for the Bird?

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Reply #197 – February 01, 2007, 11:31:39 PM

I think I vae a Holley out in the garage.It will probably need a rebuild kit,but Holleys are easy.I'll check and let you know.If I do,and if you're interested,it's yours for the cost of shipping.

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Reply #198 – February 01, 2007, 11:33:02 PM

PM Sent Vinnie

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Reply #199 – February 01, 2007, 11:39:05 PM

Recieved and responded.

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Reply #200 – February 02, 2007, 11:56:29 PM

This is my newest set of parts I got.
First off is the carb. 1976 Spreadbore Motorcraft. Part # D6AE AE

And the Ford Racing "motorsport" valve covers. Chrome steel, with *some* rust.

This is after I did a piss poor job of cleaning them, but they are about the same condition as the chrome ones that came on the car. Think I should swap them?

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Reply #201 – February 03, 2007, 01:03:41 AM

reminds me of a chevy throttle bore patern.

ill tell you what,, if that carb has been sitting for any lenght of time ,,like a couple years,, your looking at a lot to time for it to clean itself out and that may or may not happen. The jets and needle valve may be gooped up or the old gas has evaporated and left shelack behind.

not good.

i guess you'll never know till you try it., but still, just giving you heads up. If it runs like ass in the begining, give it some time to circulate some gas. That carb has been around since lead was added to gas as well so keep that in mind also.

Im thinking about loaning out both my carbs i have just to keep em cleaned out perse'. A guy with a camaro wants to borrow my eldebrock so ill let him. The 750 holly might get some use also. I just dont like carbs sitting with or without gas in em. Mud dobbers can find holes to mud up as well.

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Reply #202 – February 03, 2007, 09:28:28 AM

I have no clue how long it sat. It looks like the motor just came out of a car though. It's all nice and almost clean, and the carb doesn't look half bad in person. Now again, I'm asking myself what do I wana do? Use the spreadbore, try the DP, wait for the eldelbrock or just buy new? On agood note, I have the day off so I should be kicking ass on the car if it's not too cold out.

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Reply #203 – February 03, 2007, 11:12:33 AM

New question. Whats eaiser to do for the car. Bypass the high pressure fuel pump and use the low pressure pump, use a fuel pressuer regulater, or go mechanical fuel pump? I have the front cover to use the mechinacal pump, it's just putting it on. And seing I have way too much PSI for a carb right now, I need to know what to do here. Napa has one for $20 and I'll grab some fuel line while I'm there if I go this path. comments?

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Reply #204 – February 03, 2007, 03:10:50 PM

id get the inline regulator that reduces the high pres to low carb pres. just my opinion. any other options would definatly call for dropping the fuel tank. <
but,,,,, on second thought,,,
if you check to see if your one of the few with "TWO" fuel pumps , then you may be ok.

If you have an external fuel pump near the fuel filter then you might get away with bypassing it there and use the low pres pump in the tank. there is another thread on this where softtouch posts a pic of his setup showing an external "high" pres pump.

If you have this 83-84 setup,, then unhook the fuel line coming from the tank
stuff a 0-50psi water presure guage on the end
turn your key forward and see what the presure is coming from the tank.
if its low enough, you might be set.
the 84 shop manual does not indicate the fuel presures of either pump according to softtouch so if you do have this setup,, get some info and post it.

Now,, on a technical note to anyone here who would like to help...i have an idea incase he has just a single high presure pump.

If he were to install a variable resistor (ie-like a dimmmer switch) inline with the hot wire leading to the pump and then,, reduced the voltage going to the pump,, Wouldnt that decrease the the rpm's of the fuel pump and thus reduce presure????????
Just sort of dial in your desired fuel pres????

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Reply #205 – February 03, 2007, 03:19:25 PM

I'm just about to go check and see what I got. I'm about to just put the 600 DP on it and see what I get. For the sake of asking, what happens if you have too much Fp? It just floods?

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Reply #206 – February 03, 2007, 03:33:02 PM

Ok, it IS a 2 pump. Do I just cut power to the high pressure pump, then bypass it with hose. I don't have a guage yet but I can run to napa and get one. How many PSI is the low pressure and will the 600 DP run with it. Even if it runs like ass it can still run and show me it works.

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Reply #207 – February 03, 2007, 04:04:26 PM

as previously stated,, no one knows the presure of the low pres pump in the tank.

You can find any ole water guage to do test. You shouldnt have a hard time at all finding a guage from some body somewhere on a piece of equipment/pump ect to test.

as for the other question about bypassing,, its all speculation. id say it would be ok to do this,, then install the line directly to the carb.

if you unhook the elec conn to the external pump,, and you have a low pres up at the CFI,, then you might not need to do a darn thing but just undo the electrical conn like you said. Still, you need a means of testing the fuel pres up at the engine via a hose /clamps and a water guage.

if the presure from the TANK LOW PRESURE PUMP is too high up in the engine bay after you unhook the elec conn to the high pres external pump,,, then consult the carb guys here,, im more than certain you fugggg some stuff up if its too high.

you may not need to bypass the high pres one,,,, just unhook the power. If you unhook power to it and find out you still have fuel flow up at the engine bay fuel line,, then the gas is flowing thru the external one so that should be ok for now.

to make the pump run continuous,, ground the proper wire on the eec self test connnector, turn key forward and the pump will run always with the koeo.

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Reply #208 – February 03, 2007, 04:38:34 PM

I have it set up to run by key now. I'll have to try this either tonight or when I get home, as I'm off to work. Thanks guys, wish me luck

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Reply #209 – February 04, 2007, 03:22:31 PM

Ok, the pump was disconnected from power and line ran around. No clue the PSI yet. With the pump turned off ( by a switch), gas down the carb it will not start? It doesn't seem to be sparking. I have the cap off the TFI dizzy, the Accel witres and a duraspark rotor. For the coil, I have a factory coil with a duraspark wire going from that to the cap. I can't tell what's up, but it's too cold to play with anymore.