Fords4Us
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- Location
- Snohomish, WA
- Vehicle Year
- 1983
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Size
- 2.8L
- Transmission
- Manual
Good evening all. We've been planning to do the Duraspark and non-feedback carb conversion for our '83 Ranger, and this holiday weekend we finally got started. Today we got as far as labeling all the various wires/vacuum lines/etc coming to/from the existing carb, and got the carb removed. We were planning to put the new duraspark coil between the carb and the distributor, but when we pulled the carb we found an unexpected assembly right there. It appears to be a small metal manifold with both vacuum lines and electrical lines going to/from a metal fitting at the very bottom of the riser that the carb bolts into. I've attached a photo with the mystery manifold circled in red. What is that, and is that something we need to remove or do we work around it? Also, we weren't sure if our replacement carb will come with a different riser, perhaps without this extra mystery attachment? Any guidance would be helpful.
Another mystery item was discovered at the front of the engine compartment immediately alongside the radiator. It also has what appears to be a vacuum line as well as electrical service. I've attached that photo and circled that box in red. The top has what appears to be two raised platforms, with a knob on the top of one platform, and the electrical/vacuum service on the other. Each platform has raised alpha-numeric characters on the two halves, with numbers ranging from 1-6 on the left half (with the vacuum and electrical connections), and letters ranging from A through H on the other half (with the knob that doesn't seem to have a purpose). What the heck is that?
We've been pouring through our Chilton's for any help ID'ing either component, but the book was mum on those subjects (or we haven't found the right photo or drawing yet). Just let us know what those items are, if we need to get rid of them, if we need to keep them, or if we need to do something particular with them. Thanks all!
Can't wait to get this thing back on the road.........
Another mystery item was discovered at the front of the engine compartment immediately alongside the radiator. It also has what appears to be a vacuum line as well as electrical service. I've attached that photo and circled that box in red. The top has what appears to be two raised platforms, with a knob on the top of one platform, and the electrical/vacuum service on the other. Each platform has raised alpha-numeric characters on the two halves, with numbers ranging from 1-6 on the left half (with the vacuum and electrical connections), and letters ranging from A through H on the other half (with the knob that doesn't seem to have a purpose). What the heck is that?
We've been pouring through our Chilton's for any help ID'ing either component, but the book was mum on those subjects (or we haven't found the right photo or drawing yet). Just let us know what those items are, if we need to get rid of them, if we need to keep them, or if we need to do something particular with them. Thanks all!
Can't wait to get this thing back on the road.........
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