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Reassembly Float Bowl Assembly

  1. Install new float bowl-to-throttle body gasket. Ensure all passages align. Install throttle body and retaining screw.
  2. Install carburetor on holding fixture. Install idle mixture screws and springs. Adjust to location recorded during disassembly. Install intermediate choke shaft seal in choke housing with seal lips toward float bowl.
  3. Install fast idle cam on intermediate choke shaft with stepped areas facing downward. Install cam and choke shaft in housing. Install choke thermostat lever on intermediate choke shaft. Install retaining screw.
  4. Install choke shaft seal in float bowl with seal lips facing outward. Install choke housing seal in float bowl. Install secondary lock-out lever. Using Choke Lever Installer (J-23417), install intermediate choke lever in float bowl cavity.
  5. Install choke housing assembly so intermediate choke shaft engages with intermediate choke lever. Ensure fast idle cam is located above vacuum break lever.
  6. Install choke housing retaining screws. Check choke linkage for freedom of movement. Adjust choke coil lever adjustment. See CHOKE COIL LEVER  under ADJUSTMENTS in this article.
  7. Install pump well baffle with slot area toward bottom of float bowl. Install pump discharge ball and spring (if equipped). Install discharge ball plug. Install primary metering jets.
  8. Using Needle Seat Installer (J-22769), install needle seat and gasket. Install float needle on float. Ensure float needle does not engage with slot area on float.
  9. Install float hinge pin with open end facing pump well. Install float assembly. Adjust float level. See FLOAT LEVEL  under ADJUSTMENTS in this article.
  10. Install mixture control solenoid return spring, adjusting screw spring and aneroid cavity insert (if equipped). Install mixture control solenoid with solenoid pin aligned with float bowl hole.
  11. Install solenoid retaining screw and connector-to-air horn gasket. Adjust solenoid mixture screw. See MIXTURE CONTROL SOLENOID MIXTURE SCREW  under ADJUSTMENTS in this article.
  12. Install float bowl insert, primary metering rods and springs. Install TPS adjusting spring and TPS. Push downward on connector to position below casting surface.
  13. Install new cup and spring on accelerator pump. Install accelerator pump and spring. Install float bowl-to-air horn gasket. Install mixture control solenoid plunger.
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