Throttle Return Spring

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OK, I just finished rebuilding my quadrajet and in cleaning things up before reinstalling on the engine, I see my dad really mickey-moused the return spring. Is it suppose to hook behind the carb or stretch to the front as he had it. Also where is the best place to find a new spring as this setup had 2 rusted complete springs and 1 broken spring.

Also the rear studs for the carb mount have the nuts frozen to them. When I removed the carb the studs came out. Replace with bolts or find new studs?

I have a stock 70 stock 350 with auto trans. The linkage is not a cable but a linkage.