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carburator rebuild help for 66 6L

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was rebuilding my carb and noticed that the idle control rod did not have a spring at the end of it it says it supposed to where can i find another 1. and do you think its OK to use a pen spring from an click pen lol it fits on the rod but I'm not sure if i want to go that route . OK where the fuel line hooks up to the carb did they have a filter on the end of it wear the fuel ran through ?
 
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Hi There,

I am not sure about the idle control rod spring. However I know that the carb for my 200ci on the Falcon does have a small inline fuel filter before the carb. That said, the spare carb I had did not have this.
 

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ok thank you ill try the spring and let you know how it works lol
 

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mustangjunky said:
was rebuilding my carb and noticed that the idle control rod did not have a spring at the end of it it says it supposed to where can i find another 1. and do you think its OK to use a pen spring from an click pen lol it fits on the rod but I'm not sure if i want to go that route . OK where the fuel line hooks up to the carb did they have a filter on the end of it wear the fuel ran through ?
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Have a picture? I might have one.
 

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65coupe408w said:
Hi There,

I am not sure about the idle control rod spring. However I know that the carb for my 200ci on the Falcon does have a small inline fuel filter before the carb. That said, the spare carb I had did not have this.
Click to expand...

The earlier carbs only have a fitting that the lines screws into because their filter is integrated with the fuel pump.
 

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http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-for...ect-66-picture7521-mustang-project-66-104.jpg http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-for...ect-66-picture7522-mustang-project-66-105.jpg http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-for...ect-66-picture7520-mustang-project-66-103.jpg http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-for...ect-66-picture7519-mustang-project-66-102.jpg http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-for...ect-66-picture7518-mustang-project-66-101.jpg
 
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