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HOMESERVICE MANUALSMERCURY1963COMET BASE, 2.4L ENG, AUTOMATIC TRANS, TRANS MFR CD DG200REPAIR AND DIAGNOSIS (SINGLE PAGE)ENGINE PERFORMANCEFUEL DELIVERYFORD (AUTOLITE) SINGLE BARREL MODELS 1100 & 1101OVERHAULDISASSEMBLYCARBURETOR
1963 Mercury Comet Base, 2.4L Eng, Automatic Trans, Trans Mfr CD DG200

Ford (AUTOLITE) Single Barrel Models 1100 & 1101: Overhaul: Disassembly: Carburetor

1963 Mercury Comet Base, 2.4L Eng, Automatic Trans, Trans Mfr CD DG200SECTION Carburetor
  1. Remove air horn-to-lower body retaining screws and separate upper air horn body from lower body, discard gasket. To remove fuel vent valve rod, remove stake markings at vent rod opening with a scraper or file, then remove vent rod and spring assembly by pulling it outward.
  2. Invert lower body assembly to allow accelerating pump discharge weight and ball check, inlet ball check, and dashpot ball check to fall out into the hand.
  3. Remove float retaining pin and float assembly, needle valve and seat. Remove main jet, then remove inlet fitting and strainer. Remove retaining roll pins securing air cleaner bracket to air horn.
    NOTE: Use pliers and rotate roll pins in a direction that will coil the pins to a smaller diameter.

    Pull air cleaner bracket out of channels.

  4. If necessary to remove choke valve and shaft, lightly scribe choke valve along shaft so that choke valve can be installed in same position during installation. Remove valve attaching screws and remove valve from top of air horn by sliding plate out of shaft. Remove shaft from air horn.
  5. Remove accelerating pump lever and overtravel spring from throttle shaft. Remove accelerating pump cover screws and remove cover assembly. If necessary, separate pump diaphragm and spring from cover or body. Depress tab on pump lever and rod retaining clip and slide rod out of lever. Remove clip from lever. It necessary, remove fuel vent rod actuating lever-to-cover retaining pin and the accelerating pump lever-to-cover retaining pin. Remove lever and rod from cover.
  6. If carburetor is equipped with a dashpot, remove dashpot cover assembly, and if necessary, remove diaphragm and spring from cover or body. Disconnect rod from dashpot lever. If necessary, remove lever-to-cover pin and remove lever from cover. Remove vacuum outlet adapter. If carburetor is equipped with a spark valve, remove valve and gasket.
  7. Remove idle mixture adjusting screw. If necessary to remove throttle valve and shaft, scribe a light line along valve shaft so throttle valve can be installed in same position, then remove valve retaining screws and slide valve out of shaft.
    Fig 1: FORD SINGLE BARREL CARBURETOR ASSEMBLY (PISTON TYPE AUTOMATIC CHOKE) (1965 & LATER FORD)
    G09353012Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
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