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JT Ford

05-31-2011 @ 7:07 PM

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Daytona Parts Company New Smyrna Beach, FL
www.daytonaparts.com have the correct kit with the correct power valve and gasket to fit and the correct
plunger valve with the leather on the end.

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05-31-2011 @ 12:55 PM

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05-31-2011 @ 8:58 AM

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I and Charlie have quality PV's in #'s i carry #3.5,4.5 for 2X2 setups and 5.5 for single carb applications,none need machineing to fit right w/the proper gasket. 1-203-260-5945 cell ken ct. PS i have more trouble with this site being my ID and password keeps getting screwup. Thats why i dont post here much. Go to the new fordbarn website.Much easier there.

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05-30-2011 @ 4:21 PM

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We buy most of our parts from a West Coast vendor. Our experience with most of the East Coast places has been less than satisfactory. I suspect this is because there are many more old cars out there in CA.

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05-30-2011 @ 8:29 AM

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40 coupe
Do you know what issue Charlie NY's article was in?
As Supereal said, if you buy from the big vendors be prepared to do some machining. Buy from the "little guys" Thanks
John

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05-30-2011 @ 4:13 AM

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Charlie Schwindler in NY had a article in the V8 Times regarding this issue, he can supply. Ken Isidor in CT, Max Musgrove in Utah. Dayton has a web site that addresses this issue as well as the incorrect length accelerator pump, they make and sell kits.

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05-29-2011 @ 8:47 PM

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If you use a lead washer as a valve seal, be sure that it doesn't compress so far it interferes with the vacuum ports of the valve. As to getting the vendors to address the problem, most old car parts are made overseas, and they don't have a clue what they are. With carbs having become obsolete, we should be glad any parts are available. At our shop, we spend a lot of time getting these parts to work properly. Major vendors are usually your best bet for decent parts because they sell enough to prevent them from becoming old on the shelf.

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05-29-2011 @ 4:40 PM

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I agree with Parrish that this situation has gone on too long. It has been advised for several years that the valve seat has too much radius to seat sometimes and as some advisors say should be machined flat. But the machine cost would be far more than the valve cost.Now don't you thing all the major re=sellers could simply advise their sources of this problem. Ken CT and CharlieNY have good powervalves and Ken even had a lead washer to help the seating, For some reason they don't always post on this site. Uncle Max is another carb man that can help. I would order from these 3 guys before I would go to the big sellers who just deny there is a problem. John

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05-29-2011 @ 2:33 PM

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Richard, read Supereal's response. The rounded area at the base of the threads on the new valves is preventing full seating of the unit.

Alan

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05-29-2011 @ 1:35 PM

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A problem I ran into with the valve is that the threaded portion was too long (it was longer than the valve I was replacing which was a previous replacement). When it was scr*w*d into the carb, the threads in the carb were not deep enough to allow it to be scr*w*d in far enough for the gasket to seal. The carb was a NOS Ford replacement.

Screwed?

Richard

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