Well, it has been a while since my last post, so I thought I would provide some updates. Didn't get a lot of work directly accomplished over the weekend, but I did get my bench grinder installed, hand grinder repaired, and picked up/assembled the cherry picker and engine stand my neighbor is loaning me.
I removed the drivers side rear fender, running board, and rear bumper. I'm not going to pull the cab off the frame until I get the new carb installed, so that will have to wait a few days.
The carb rebuild kit showed up today, so I tore into my two carbs to make one. I was following the service procedure in a Carter manual I found on the website. All was going swimmingly until... the low speed jet assembly stripped out. I actually had to use a screw extractor to remove it. The jet in my spare carb was also stripped out. So... time to find a new jet!
I'm not going to take the carb down quite as far as the book directs. I don't have the special tools, parts, or experience to remove and replace delicate items such as the accelerator pump strainer or the idle port rivet plug. I have all the big pieces soaking in my carb cleaner (
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories/Berryman-1-gal-B-9-carburetor-and-parts-cleaner-with-basket/_/N-25uv;jsessionid=9861301E73E7C46B646C28961823BCEC.diyprod1-b2c1?counter=4&itemIdentifier=139313_0_0_ ). It has been working great so far.
Tomorrow I'll put as much of the carb back together as I can, and then see what I can do while I wait for my unsourced jet to arrive.
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