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| | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 247 enthusiast | enthusiast Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 247 | Here's that drawing again with part numbers added if you're missing anything: Like Phoenix, I had non-stock carb/intake and also went nuts working out ratio. Mine's the older (1977), all mechanical linkage setup. I finally made a new pivot tower to carb rod, added two Edelbrock kickdown extensions, and because of the intakes height, bolted a large washer to the tower, and ran the kickdown rod through it to keep it from flopping around too much. (Unlike Phoenix, I didn't have the budget for Lokar pieces, but if I did, I'd have 'em). | | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 | That's a really cool annotated diagram Vandude360; thanks for posting that! Did you do that yourself? It took quite a bit of work. Thanks for sharing it.
The "View A" detail in the diagram shows a sort of helper spring that appears in my old 70-72 FSM. They had a little eye molded near the upper end of the throttle rod to anchor a spring which would act as a helper, like what I think the spring Heavy389 was talking about adding to the throttle lever on the transmission would do.
It wouldn't take much to weld a tab or two onto the throttle rod like that to add another spring or so to improve return response and maybe help stabilize the rod's position some.
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-It's been such a LONG TIME... BlueShift>> 1981 Dodge Ram B250 Custom Sportsman Maxi Van It's what you learn after you know it all, that counts... Are you living to work, or working to live? Learning from my own mistakes is good, learning from yours would be much better! | | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 247 enthusiast | enthusiast Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 247 | Yes, it took a little effort, but just a little. The picture (including most of the part numbers) came from an old Direct Connection Race Bulletin (#19, pg. 28) Some numbers were too faded to read, some were missing last few digits. a patient parts counter man filled in the blanks, I retyped 'em. I don't have a good pic of the "modern" setup, but here's a pic from my 1977 FSM showing the "helper spring": I think the easiest way to add one is shown in the boxed illustration above. Drill a small hole in the front section of the "Adjustable Rod End", and another in the throttle return spring bracket (1-2" below carburetor spring hole), and add "helper spring to new holes. | | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,825 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,825 | Well trans is in and all hooked up,now I dont got no spark!!! WTF.......pulled coil wire off cap and got no spark comin outa coil.....cant figure out wutt coulda had to do wit tranny in an out???? 79 B-200
| | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,294 member | member Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,294 | Maybe just coincidence? Not sure where the ground strap is, but maybe worth checking?
** Southeast Van Council ** " The person who says it can not be done, must not interrupt the person who is doing it." ~ Chinese Proverb. - '03 Chevy Astro AWD - '84 Dodge Prospector NEEDS: Side gullwing... | | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 Maniac | Maniac Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 | Did you disturb the (+) and/or (-) wires to the coil? Checked your ballast resistor lately?
Windows- they're what make a van worth owning! | | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,825 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,825 | Ballast resistor....just wiggled wires,bad connection I guess.... 79 B-200
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Windows- they're what make a van worth owning! | | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,211 Likes: 25 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,211 Likes: 25 | I had an A-100 one time that if you floored the acclerator, the kickdown linkage would knock one of the wires off the ballast resistor. Freaked me out the first time it happened.
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