GREENBIRD56 (7/16/2011)
Clay - See if you can come by a longer screw to replace the secondary throttle stop. I usually use a long pan head screw chopped off to a "threaded rod" configuration. And then adjust it with needle nose pliers from below - so much for my hillbilly roots.... The coil is in the way if you use an Allen wrench. The main thing is to retain the ability to adjust idle speed while leavingthe front butterfly in just the right spot.
Do you have a PCV system hooked up on the engine? Mine provided way too much air and drove the idle speed up - until I realized where the air was coming from and throttled it. I'm using the valve intended for the '64 292 truck and as far as I'm concerned - it's too much of a free opening. Mark used one from a newer smaller Ford and it seems to have done the trick. Anyway - you can quickly plug the PCV hose to the carb and check for this source of your extra idle air.
The 10°-12° advance initial idle position is OK - as long as you know she won't go over 36°-38° (vacuum advance disconnected) at full throttle.
You won't really be able to get the vacuum secondaries to show you much by blipping the throttle at a standstill. If - when driving - you floor it and there is a notable "kick" when it opens - its probably opening too early and will need a stiffer internal spring - another reason to visit Summit.....
This table helps sort them out as they come from the box.
Steve and all,
This must(?) be the PVC valve(?)
If so, yes, I have one.
I do not get any of the "WHhaaaa" when I floor the pedal. Only a non eventful build up in speed. It's down shifting though.
I will try Ted's paperclip suggestion. And oldcarmark's suggestion on the smaller PVC valve.
UPDATE one the home sale.
The New Jersey lender hired an appraiser to appraise our home. It appraised for more than the sale price. Two weeks after the appraisal and after I rented a garage and apartment, and committed to have the movers in this week, the New Jersey lender decides they don't like their own appraisers appraisal and commits to only 90 of the requested loan. The buyers have already bellied up with 20% down. They threw a big monkey wrench into our sale and move. Now the buyers have a new lender and we had another appraiser in this past Wednesday (coincidentally the same one that appraised our home two years ago when we refinanced) Then it appraised for 10% more than the current selling price so we will see what happens.
If anything good came from this, I do have a little more time to get my car ready for the trip.
I'm multitasking today. I don't want the movers to move my hard top. The hard top may, or may not have been from this car. I Know it has not been on since the car was restored. It had no hardware for the rear hold downs. I located all the hardware and this morning drug the top out of the garage, installed the hardware and tried out the top on the car. I'm told that although Ford did not install "factory" vinyl to these tops, the individual Ford dealers did. I am told this is how my top evolved. What do you guys think of the vinyl top? I sorta like it. If you don't go ahead and say so as I have thick skin.
pops (AKA) Clay'56 Thunderbird