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Welcome to FordPinto.com, The home of the PCCA => General Help- Ask the Experts... => Topic started by: John Turner on February 14, 2013, 03:25:42 PM
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1972 Wagon, 2000cc, 2V. I had a rebuilt carb installed and just now found out that the "idle adjustment screw" is missing.
It goes into the idle cam. There is also a little spring that keeps it from turning once adjusted. (missing also.)
Does anyone know what the size, thread etc. for this screw is?? Other option is to see of a carb. rebuilder would have one. Anyone? Bueller? Thanks guys, jt
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John,
If you are talking about the screw that sits against the throttle lever to adjust idle speed, I have one with the spring that is on a busted carb that came off of my '73. If you can send a picture of where it goes, I can see if it is in the spot I am thinking. If you can't send a picture and think it is the one you need, let me know. My e-mail is Villella@fordpinto.com I can send what I have to you at no charge. On another note, maybe you can answer a question I have. I just bought a 4 barrel intake that has been modified so you cannot run the heater hose through it. Do you know of anyway I can reroute the hose coming from the heater core back into the engine without going through the intake? Any info would help.
Thanks.
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Yes, that is the screw and spring that I need. My address is John Turner, 76 Bogel Road, East Haddam, CT. 06423, include your return address in the envelope when you send it to me and I'll drop $5 in the mail to you for your trouble. On the heater rerout, If it were me, I'd skip the intake manifold altogether, get a premeasured fresh piece of heater hose and hook it in to the sources on the heater core and then the block. I think that the only reason it connects to the carburetor in the first place is to actuate the automatic choke via the water temperature. (kind of a low tech approach.) Good Luck and Thanks a ton for sending the screw and spring to me. jt