ArdWrknTrk Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Sorry its taken me so long to get back to you as I've been extremely sick for too long. As far as rebuilding carburetor I've done that twice + ordered a remanufactured one so I'm going to rule out the carburetor on mine. I think mine could be the phenolic spacer and or the carburetor base being somewhat uneven/warped. I'm still a little sick and don't want to work on it as the temperature is in the low 40s and dropping + it's misting. Anyway sorry to hear about the spark problem. I installed a cheap HEI distributor on mine and connected it to the white wire that powered the EECIII brown grommet ignition box. It seems to work well but is a bit tight if you have factory A/C. Good luck on finding the spark problem and hit me up if I can help as I would be looking at the same set up as your's. Seems as though 82-83 had some rarities aka the intake manifold itself! + crappy carbs. Best regards Randy Sorry to hear that you've been ill Randy! Hopefully on the mend. A remanufactured carb showing up with a bent base? Yikes! As said above, a pass or two over wet-or-dry paper on a flat and solid surface (sink cutout from the scrap pile of a counter top place?) will show any warp of carb or spacer. It's a good place to start. A smoke test could reveal a leak too. Thanks for touching base, and be well! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeagleRock Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Sorry to hear that you've been ill Randy! Hopefully on the mend. A remanufactured carb showing up with a bent base? Yikes! As said above, a pass or two over wet-or-dry paper on a flat and solid surface (sink cutout from the scrap pile of a counter top place?) will show any warp of carb or spacer. It's a good place to start. A smoke test could reveal a leak too. Thanks for touching base, and be well! 🙂 Thanks Jim, it's getting old being sick 😷 I was wondering how to check for warpage since the throttle shaft makes it impossible to sand on my newly acquired piece of glass which worked well on my phenolic spacer. It took awhile but she's on the level now I now see what you mean by the sink cutout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85lebaront2 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Well the sandpaper should take care of any gasket residue. And it will show erosion. I can't say I've seen an aluminium EGR spacer on a Ford. Maybe aftermarket, but the factory iron ones don't seem too bad. I think better to examine than to just throw parts at it. (Had this convo with Matthew the other day) OEM Ford ones when EGR first came out were aluminum, the acid from the exhaust gasses would corrode right through them. Ford switched to cast iron and sold them as service replacements. This was in the 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudal82 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 OEM Ford ones when EGR first came out were aluminum, the acid from the exhaust gasses would corrode right through them. Ford switched to cast iron and sold them as service replacements. This was in the 70s.Randy (aka Beaglerock), Sorry to hear that you’ve been sick. That’s certainly no time to be out in the misty cold. I hope you figure out the carburetor thing and I am curious about whatever aftermarket carb you found. All of them I could find were too expensive for me, but I have all that EEC-III feedback stuff to deal with- is that still operational on your truck? I’d like to know more about the distributor you bought too. This odd Ford set up really has got to me and I’ve let my beautiful truck sit too long.  Shaun Sent from my iPad On Dec 14, 2019, at 9:15 PM, 85lebaront2 [via Bullnose Enthusiasts] <redacted_email_address> wrote:    Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeagleRock Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Thanks Shaun it's been a long bout with bronchitis, just finished 12 days of antibiotics and that was the 2nd round of them. Anyway my carburetor is supposedly the Motorcraft 2150 that was used during 1983-84 I don't know the part #. As for the eecIII stuff,I've done away with it so if you want a smog pump or an EGR valve/sensor you're welcome to it. The HEI distributor can be found on Amazon and it is from S.W. motor parts I believe. You can just type in Blue HEI Ford distributor and you can look at them. Make sure your timing cover has the timing pointer on it as it makes it easy to get to TDC assuming it's accurate, luckily mine is. Good luck Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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