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Can anyone please tell me or direct me to a picture or drawing that shows where the end of the carburetor return spring connects to the engine or frame. I must be missing a bracket of some kind because I cannot find out where this end of the spring goes.
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Can't help with where to attach it, but it make me think of the requirement of one club I was in which required all show vehicles to use a double return spring instead of a single spring...
I don't know how the VCCA feels about this safety feature or if it is really necessary. It did give me a feeling of some more security, real or not.
Takes away from original, but so does safety glass...
This is just for your information/consideration, I am just passing the thought on...however I would like to know if this is something that is OK by the VCCA rules or not.
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5077chevy-What engine -6 or V8- and what carburetor??? The double spring was a late 1960's safty feature.If one spring would break the other would prevent the full throttle surprise.The best insurance that you could have is to install a new spring....I had a spring break on my '39 while driving on the freeway.It can be quite a surprise :o  :o
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This is on a 235 6 cly. Power Gluide. The spring sliped off of the spot I had it attached to and went to full throttle. Lucky for me it was when I was just starting it up in the parking lot.
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The front hook on the spring connects to a small hole in the bell crank lever...the rear hook of the spring hooks to the block coolant drain valve.
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Thanks Chevgene and the others for your input. I made a small bracket that I attached to one of the oil pan screws, that now holds the lower end of the spring. Not factory, but it will not pop-off unexpetedly anymore.
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Backyard Mechanic
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My '48 216 had the original bracket that you made
when I got it. Several older members saw it and
commented, "This is a real original engine because
most of the time, this bracket is missing and the
spring is just attached under the lip of the pan.
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The 1952 was the last one to have the bracket on the lip of the pan.The 1953 and up have a different bell crank and linkage and it hooks to the block drain.The spring is horizontal rather than verticle on the 1953 and up.
I mailed you a picture of the 1953 and up.Thats what I assumed that you had for some reason. :)
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Don't know if this helps but on my 54 235 in truck, when it was 3 speed, one end connected to a hole in the oil pan rail of block. When it became HydraMatic, the spring hooks to a block drain petcock towards the rear of block.
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