I have a 64-1/2 260 v-8, 3spd man coupe. I bought a choke tube kit from CJPony. I know one tube goes from the right side exhast manifold up to the threaded fitting on the side of the choke enrichener on the right side of the carburetor. That leaves another piece of bent metal tubing, a piece of rubber tubing and an "S" hook. Where do they go? Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Choke Tubes question
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Hi,
The piece you are referring to runs between the botton of the exhaust manifold and the back of the carburetors air horn. The idea behind the design was for the air to come filtered through the air cleaner,Travel down to the exhaust manifold and then up to the choke housing. I call that tube the intake tube that said I very rarely see the intake tube intact unless it's a show car. Very often the exhaust manifold is soo clogged in this area with rust and such that the intake tube is practically useless. If you have an original shop Ford manual I think There should be a diagram to illustrate the proper routing? If you can't find it let me know and I'll steer you towards a site, or scan and email you a picture. Either way I'll look in a bit and see If I can provide a photo. Good luck.
The piece you are referring to runs between the botton of the exhaust manifold and the back of the carburetors air horn. The idea behind the design was for the air to come filtered through the air cleaner,Travel down to the exhaust manifold and then up to the choke housing. I call that tube the intake tube that said I very rarely see the intake tube intact unless it's a show car. Very often the exhaust manifold is soo clogged in this area with rust and such that the intake tube is practically useless. If you have an original shop Ford manual I think There should be a diagram to illustrate the proper routing? If you can't find it let me know and I'll steer you towards a site, or scan and email you a picture. Either way I'll look in a bit and see If I can provide a photo. Good luck.
Hi,
Not knowing how your car runs currently,It's a guess. I can say that if the tube was missing from the choke housing to your manifold your choke would not pull or come off properly. So having that on would help the choke to release and keep your car from running rich due to the fact that the choke was staying on I've seen this a bunch. You've already ready replaced that.As far as the intake tube,You will not notice any change with or without it. So I'm assuming your car is a "D" code(289 4 bbl,210 hp. 64 1/2 only engine) with the correct stock Autolite 4100 4 bbl carb or an "F" code 260 v8 with the correct Autolite 2100 2bbl carb. If I assumed correctly this photo should help . This shows where the tube hooks to the manifold.
And this one shows where and how it hooks to your carburetors air horn (It is not the circled area,It is above it).
Hopefully these photos help, I was feeling lazy (It must be Monday) So I stole these images from the internet. If you need more advice or photos,etc. Let me know, Good luck.
Not knowing how your car runs currently,It's a guess. I can say that if the tube was missing from the choke housing to your manifold your choke would not pull or come off properly. So having that on would help the choke to release and keep your car from running rich due to the fact that the choke was staying on I've seen this a bunch. You've already ready replaced that.As far as the intake tube,You will not notice any change with or without it. So I'm assuming your car is a "D" code(289 4 bbl,210 hp. 64 1/2 only engine) with the correct stock Autolite 4100 4 bbl carb or an "F" code 260 v8 with the correct Autolite 2100 2bbl carb. If I assumed correctly this photo should help . This shows where the tube hooks to the manifold.
And this one shows where and how it hooks to your carburetors air horn (It is not the circled area,It is above it).
Hopefully these photos help, I was feeling lazy (It must be Monday) So I stole these images from the internet. If you need more advice or photos,etc. Let me know, Good luck.
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For the record I am a computer idiot. Who knows what I did, but if you click on the "Photobucket videos" portion in each box in the above post it will take you to the intended photo. I had the pictures but The site or the forum wouldn't let me post them? As I said I'm sure it was a user error. me being the user. To think if you were local to me, I could have installed your choke tubes,adjusted your choke, adjusted your carb and made a pot of coffee in less time than it took me to post all of this.LOL.....
These photos should get you there if not let me know. I can provide more info and/or better photos.
These photos should get you there if not let me know. I can provide more info and/or better photos.
It is a F code 260 1964-1/2. And those pictures are just what I needed. The carb looks very much like what you have posted. Thanks so much.
One more question, the port on the bottom of the manifold has two holes. one for the tube and the second on the bottom to me looks like rot. Is it supposed to be there? Should I fill it with a high temp sealer, fill with weld, or thread it for a plug of some sort?
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One more question, the port on the bottom of the manifold has two holes. one for the tube and the second on the bottom to me looks like rot. Is it supposed to be there? Should I fill it with a high temp sealer, fill with weld, or thread it for a plug of some sort?
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Hey Thanks Greg,You're the man. Like I said I'm a computer dummy.
NM3 ,Yea most of the ford carbs were pretty similar. The correct carb for your motor is an Autolite 2100. The one in the photo is a later Motorcraft 2100 they were the same basic carb and totally interchangeable. For trivial purposes the early Autolite 4100's like the one tha would have come on A D code car shares alot of the part as well.
Anyhow as far as the holes, Yes the lower one does appear to be rot.Personally I wouldn't mess with it,I'd use the manifold as is and not worry about it,That area is a seperate entity from the manifold itself so it's not going to rot through in that area and give an exhaust leak or anything like that. If you wanted to fill it I'd say the only way you really could do it or at least how I would do it would be to fill it with weld. Exhaust manifolds get super hot ,I've never had much or any confidence in any of those exhaust system putties ,patches, or sealers.
NM3 ,Yea most of the ford carbs were pretty similar. The correct carb for your motor is an Autolite 2100. The one in the photo is a later Motorcraft 2100 they were the same basic carb and totally interchangeable. For trivial purposes the early Autolite 4100's like the one tha would have come on A D code car shares alot of the part as well.
Anyhow as far as the holes, Yes the lower one does appear to be rot.Personally I wouldn't mess with it,I'd use the manifold as is and not worry about it,That area is a seperate entity from the manifold itself so it's not going to rot through in that area and give an exhaust leak or anything like that. If you wanted to fill it I'd say the only way you really could do it or at least how I would do it would be to fill it with weld. Exhaust manifolds get super hot ,I've never had much or any confidence in any of those exhaust system putties ,patches, or sealers.