Major pain in the A$$

[Yardape]

The problem is it could be so many little things and you are going to have to eliminate them one by one, process of elimination. Thats why when you ask a mechanic (A real mechanic that works in a mechanic shop) for advice they beat around the bush and say it could be this or that, But I will have to see look at it myself, blah blah blah. But a backyard mechanic will tell you 20 things that he thinks it could be. If you took it to a mechanic right now, he would not be able to fix it right off the bat, he would do a process of elimination and narrow the problem down. The choke could definately have something to do with it but its not always the first thing someone would check. The best sure fire way is try a friends carb if you have access to one, that you know works, if not you have to continue narrowing it down unfortunately >-

 

[Seabronc]

There were several carbs in the 80's, allthe 5.0 and 5.8 engine carbs have mechanical idle adjustments for cold idle, curb idle (hot idle) and if it is there, the throttle kicker. The YFA-1V which was on the smaller 4.9 engine was the only exception that I know of, cold idle was set via a ***** on the back of the linkage and curb idle is set via a TSP.

Ok time to eat a little Crow :-& . The 2150A-2V 2bbl carb on the 83 5.0 engine may not have had a ***** curb idle adjustment. The adjustment was via a ***** behind the throttle linkage if there was no A/C and via the TSP dashpot if there was A/C. :blush:

 

[1982 bronco lifter]

make sure your e-brake is fully disengaged