Pages 31–36 (6 pages)

Inspection and assembly of carburetor

From the 1949–1951 Ford of Canada Fuel System Master Repair Manual

Cleaning and inspection of the duplex carburetor, including replacing the power valve piston, checking jets, needles, ball check, pump leather and gasket surfaces. Assembly follows in numbered steps, with an exploded view of the Mercury and Monarch carburetor with basic part numbers, the 8-50 float needle with wire clip, separate choke procedures for Mercury and Monarch versus Lincoln, cover plate identification and air horn installation with aligning pins.

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What this section covers

  • Cleaning and inspection
  • Power valve piston replacement
  • Exploded view with part numbers
  • Float needle wire clip
  • Choke assembly by model
  • Air horn installation
Year
1949, 1950, 1951
Make
Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Meteor, Monarch
Vehicle
Carburetors, Components and Systems, Passenger Cars, Trucks
Type
Service Manual
Models
Ford, Meteor, Mercury, Monarch, Lincoln and Lincoln Cosmopolitan cars; Ford/Mercury F1–F8, M1–M8 trucks
Publication
SE391A
Pages
70

What’s inside

Fuel system manual

  1. Cover and forewordCover with the model and year applicability table, manual number SE391A 3/51, and the Service Department's foreword to automotive repair men.pp. 1–4
  2. Carburetor principles (Lincoln, Mercury and Monarch)pp. 5–19
  3. Checking carburetor performance and road testingpp. 20–24
  4. Disassembly of carburetorpp. 25–30
  5. Inspection and assembly of carburetorpp. 31–36
  6. Carburetor specifications and identificationLincoln and Mercury and Monarch carburetor specification charts beginning 1949, with jet sizes for sea level, 5,000 and 10,000 ft, and modification lists by carburetor date code. Also well tube and main jet specifications and how to identify carburetors by suffix letter, date and main body stamping.pp. 37–39
  7. Accelerator pedal and linkageRequired distributor vacuum and recommended idle speeds, then the Mercury and Monarch accelerator linkage changes (A and B suffix designs) and linkage illustrations for the 1951 Mercury and Monarch and 1949 Lincoln.pp. 40–41
  8. Ford and Meteor carburetorpp. 42–51
  9. Fuel pump and vacuum booster pumppp. 52–59
  10. Air cleanerOil bath air cleaners for the Lincoln and the 239 cu. in. engines, how they clean and silence intake air, and servicing every 2,000 miles.pp. 60–61
  11. Fuel tank and fuel lineFuel tank description, gauge unit access, vented filler cap, tank flushing and fuel line inspection and cleaning.pp. 62–62
  12. Engine speed governor (4 and 5 ton trucks)Operation and adjustment of the vacuum-controlled engine speed governor on 4 and 5 ton trucks, set to a 3,600 rpm no-load cut-off, with views of the dual concentric carburetor and governor system.pp. 63–65
  13. Notes pagesBlank ruled pages for the mechanic's own notes at the back of the manual.pp. 66–70

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