Bernardi--the sound of the actuator changing gear positions is a fairly distinct sound, a sort of a rapid click-click-click-click (depending on where you start to where you finish), you can hear it here (note proper use of hominyms)
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If you push keys on the console and hear that noise, the actuator is working. The reverse lights will come on whether the actuator works or not, there is an additional contact on the console switching to send power to the B/U lights. You should also hear a pronounced click of the relays on the driver's side fender well.
Having re-awakened many sleeping giants (old cars) I would immediately get hold of then_now automotive (formerly the antique auto parts cellar) and get a fuel pump and carburetor kit. Don't even try, just assume that they are either kaput or marginal, waiting to fail when you can least afford them to. drop the tank and see what's up there, and get a new, fresh flex fuel line from the PAC region that has re-popped them (Minnesota?) each system in a car is a chain, and a chain is only as strong as..........................
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