I have a 72 Grabber 302/Auto. 2 BBL... The tag on the carb say " DOAZ 9510 D" Im told im missing a number in the 9510 area, the tag is clear as day and i dont see any other #'S.. does someone have a carb tag similar to this?? I need a rebuld kit and noone can cross this.. Thanks, Chaz
D0AF-D or D0AF-9510-D That is an odd tag, and it appears to be a Ford part number rather than a casting number. Look on the left side of the base at the front, there should be a stamping of D0AF-D? That is what your part number decifers as. According to my Master parts book, that carburetor is for a 1970 Mercury Meteor or Ford Fairlane. 302 automatic. May not be the original carburetor for your car? I would think it should be a D2... part number. Hope this helps you get the carb kit.
Well that was the # on the tag attached to the screw. and it was clear as a bell. The rebuild kit was $20.00 and a new carb was $95.00 so im just gunna put a new carb on it. that was i know the carb is good. Thanks Guys! Chaz
This is a misconception. On Fords, the year code is the year that the part went through a change of any sort. If the part is marked D0 on a 72 car, that just means that the part has not been changed or updated the last couple years. An original part can be dated the year of the car or anytime earlier. A part will never be dated later though, unless it is a documented warranty repair or recall replacement part. Then it will have a service part identifier in the code. A famous example being the 70 Boss 302. Cars were popping up in the 80s, when their value started going through the roof, with heads dated D1. Many original cars were put into question. It was studied and they discovered Ford had a quality issue with the D0 heads and replaced them with the D1 service heads. At that point, they were accepted as concours correct and many cars accused of being modified or even clones were cleared. A little o/t, but interesting IMO. Dave
I take it from your last post that you sorted it out. What was the issue? I see in your original post that you use an "O" letter after "D"... That is actually a "Zero" number. Was that the issue? Did the parts person enter the letter instead of the number? That would give you a number that could not be crossed. A computer couldn't make the jump from letter to number like a person could. It just knows what you typed in. Just curious. Dave
I was looking at the Mercury Master Parts Catalog and there are a handfull listed. Most, if not all of the 1972 Comet carburetors started with a D2...
I took the carb to NAPA and they matched up the kit, but decided to just get a new carb. SHOULD have it tomorrow.. Chaz.
The 72 carbs were a year that major changes were made. They were leaned out with smaller jets. A bleed hole was put into the accelerator pump that puts some of the pump shot back into the fuel bowl. When you want to replace carbs on 72-75 cars always get a carb for the same engine in 69. That was before they started making smog changes in the carbs. To make the 72 carb work better put larger jets (two sizes) in and plug the hole in the accelerator pump. Paul
LOL! 2 Years later!!! That NEW one has just SUCKED! It was a "UNITED Carburetor" it just runs like crap, when it gets warmed up and i shut it off it floods. trying to maintain a constant speed it spudders.. SO, I found my old carb (not sure if its the original or not, It was just on the car when i got it) and i found a rebuild kit and im going to ATTEMPT to rebuild it. CHaz.
rebuilding a carb is not rocket science. Just get everything clean, change out the parts and mkae the adjustments the dirrections say.
