I rebuild those carbs on a daily basis, IF you have access to a bead blaster, bead the blast the damn thing. It'll clean off 99% of the crap on the carb. CLEAN IT WELL, blow it out with compressed air, make sure ALL of the passageways are perfectly clear. If you don't have access to a bead blaster, aquire a ****load of carb cleaner, maybe 7 or 8 cans, you want those passagesways as clean as possible against, blast it out with the air and carb cleaner, alternating to break everything loose and clean out the passages. If you have access to a smog machine, get it tuned, before any cats if you have them for some reason. 2 - 3 % CO at Idle, about 0.8 - 1.2% CO @ progression or 2500 RPMs (15MPh), and around .5% - 1% CO @ Cruise or 3700 RPMs(25MPh). If you cannot adjust your idle and it is TOO LEAN, take a small set of drill bits, mini drill bits, and drill out the idle jets to 0.032" each. That will give you great tuneability, depending on the model of the carb, the idle jets are located either on the bottom of the cluster, or on the top of the cluster under the two caps, on either side of the screw holding the cluster in. This will also richen up the progression. If your cruise is too lean, take a ream and ream it out a little bit, A LITTLE BIT GOES A LONG WAY. Fords are extremely sensitive to jetting changes, ONE jet size on a Ford can equal up to a 2 % CO change, causing too rich of an idle, progression, and cruise. Bad gas mileage and more. If you have ANY other problems, please PM me, and I will do my best to assist you.
EDIT: Other things to watch out for, your replacement power valve, make sure it is not blown, after you run the engine, pop off the bottom power valve cover, and make sure it is COMPLETELY DRY IN THERE, if it is not the power valve is blown. Also DO NOT reuse old gaskets, NEW NEW NEW NEW! All I can think of at the moment.