Please help.....

I thought i would fit my inlet manni today so i put it on and started tightening up the nuts. After a little while the vacuum thingy broke because it was too tight up against the rocker cover.

The engine was rebuilt from Mac1 and i guess they just shove in any old carb they have lying arround . It is obviously the wrong carb or inlet mannifold. (you would have thought all ford parts like that would be interchangeable!!)

Has anyone got on of these vacuum thingies or do i need something else?

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[Edited on 5/1/06 by donut]

I did a spot of panel beating on my rocker cover (beat it with the ball end of a hammer) to make mine fit, but I had to as I had turned the carb round on the manifold so it was like yours. I removed the auto choke and swapped the linkage to the other side. Did you turn the carb round?

I think it needs rotating 90 deg to the right from what I remember

That carb doesnt look right andy,it looks like a 1600 one from a very early 1600 pinto.

What are the markings on the base of the carb ?

It looks just like my '87 2.0 ltr one. I'll have a look in the shed and see if there are any bits lying about.

Bob

The carb has a tab which reads 87HF then 1059 or 1069

The manifold has 84MF 9425PA

Guys

Cheers for info. I think i'll either turn it or smack the rocker cover with me hammer. Apparently the early pinto rocker covers are larger than later ones and theres plentu of room inside.

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Throw that fecking thing away and get a set of bike carbs for fuel and get a megasquirt with an edis 4 unit/coilpack, and watch the boat anchor fly

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It's missing off the one I found. I took the choke and choke flap out of mine as I don't use them. I can't see what it does anyway, it looks like it damps the throttle action a bit on the second choke. I did away with the stepper motor as well because I changed to the earlier simpler ignition.

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Originally posted by bob
That carb doesnt look right andy,it looks like a 1600 one from a very early 1600 pinto.

What are the markings on the base of the carb ?

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I've seen some with round butterflys on,might well be an add on.

anyway this guy might be handy for spares

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/escort-mk1-mk2-carb_W0QQitemZ4602362082QQcategoryZ21654QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If you are going to use a piper cam as in your previous thread, that carb will strangle it. Why not try a 38 DGAS carb? it should fit your existing manifold and should be ok up to about 150 BHP.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-38-DGAS-CARBUREETTOR-WITH-RAM-AIR-FILTER_W0QQitemZ4601385035QQcategoryZ27377QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WEBER-38-DGAS-CARB-RELIANT-SCIMITAR-CAPRI-GRANADA_W0QQitemZ4602013626QQcategoryZ108794QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem />
You can fit a manual choke conversion easily enough.

Cheers

Mark