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'64 Galaxie 4V return spring bracket
« on: September 10, 2017, 09:53:33 AM »
I have a stock looking (except for FPA headers) 390 4V  about to go back into my Z code. Many parts were lost before I bought the car, but now I have almost everything. It seems the stock bellcrank - this is a CruiseOMatic car - hits the air cleaner, exactly where it has a clearance indent. With the stock parts, this should be retained where it will not interfere.

I have located the two return springs; one from the bellcrank to the firewall, and the other from the bellcrank to . . . ?

The service manual shows a small tab near the front of the engine, but not if it is mounted to the carburetor or a bolt on the intake or valve cover. This is a 9 3/8" or so extension spring, so I was hoping someone might know.
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Re: '64 Galaxie 4V return spring bracket
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2017, 04:08:25 PM »
my is mounted to the middle valvecover bolt on a washer with a tab with a hole



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Re: '64 Galaxie 4V return spring bracket
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2017, 07:47:29 PM »
Thank you. I will be looking for or making that part.
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Re: '64 Galaxie 4V return spring bracket
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2017, 08:34:57 PM »
My '63 with stock 352 2V and Cruise-o has the return spring hooked to a tab mounted to the intake bolt which is just ahead of the top center valve cover bolt. 
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Re: '64 Galaxie 4V return spring bracket
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2017, 02:37:34 PM »
Went out and looked on my car Bruce and that make sense
its a straighter line to that bolt. I just put it back where it was
without thinking. Thanks



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Re: '64 Galaxie 4V return spring bracket
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2017, 05:46:57 PM »
Does this look like any of the commonly reproduced Mustang brackets, or is there something unique about this one?
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Re: '64 Galaxie 4V return spring bracket
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2017, 05:52:00 PM »
I have just a thick washer under the bolt with a...."wing", " tab" or what i shall call it
 that's slightly angled upwards with a small hole for the spring
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Re: '64 Galaxie 4V return spring bracket
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2017, 06:01:49 PM »
Sounds like the one on my car; a hole on one end for the intake bolt and a small hole on the other end for the spring.  The tab is bent so that the end with the hole for the spring is vertical.  Distance between the 2 holes is about 3/4" or so. 
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Re: '64 Galaxie 4V return spring bracket
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2017, 06:03:58 PM »
Like this



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