edelbrock with sticky throttle

[hungrymonkey]

not my mustang, but ford vintage.

My 66 f100 with a 302, performer rpm intake.

I bought an edelbrock 600 cfm carb brand new last summer after I broke a fuel filter off in the stock auto lite 2bbl carb. Ever since then I have had issues with the throttle either sticking or not kicking down after the motor warms up.

I have tried adjusting, but have lost the manual that came with the carb. It is not the throttle cable, it moves and returns freely. I was thinking it was the idle adjustment, but I wound it all the way down to where it would barely run. It still had the problem.

any ideas on what to mess with?

 

[65frank]

Check where the linkage attaches to the carburetor.
I had to add a washer & plastic insert to make it glide like butter.

The carter pin would hang sometimes, linkage bind other times, came and went.
I just went to the junk yard and pulled a bunch of little bits.

 

[jikelly]

Yeah it's the kick-down linkage/arm getting hung check and adjust with hammer until it operates smoothly. I'm kidding about the hammer part.

 

[hungrymonkey]

ok, got it.

smack with hammer until it works right.



I cannot recall if the kickdown is attached at the moment. I have not been driving it since the windshield wiper motors took a poop. Oregon with no wipers is not cool.

I am off work for the next couple of days, I will screw with it then, and be back to bug you guys again.