Hello again! I got the carb rebuilt and installed over the last couple of days. I ran into one small issue breaking off a brass screw holding the flap in the throttle body. I drilled and tapped it one size larger to 4-40. I also had some play on the throttle lever that attaches to the rod so I lightly brazed it on. I also cleaned the Carter fuel filter and installed a paper filter from Napa. I plan to paint the top of that red but it's too cold currently. Some other items completed was to clean all the fuel lines with carb cleaner and cycled gas through them with a pump for a few hours. I also drained the fuel tank and removed the petcock from below to get me setup to be able to pull the fuel tank and work on cleaning and sealing it. We hit some nasty weather today so wanted to get all the "under the truck" stuff done before snow was on the ground. Next steps is to use my 12v fuel pump connected to a red fuel jug and see how she runs. While she is running I'll circulate some fresh gas through the mechanical fuel pump to clean it out a little before hooking that back up. I still need to clean and see if the air filter housing needs repainted or if a compounding and polish will work. The worse part about the carb looking so nice is I'm already thinking about everything in the engine bay that needs cleaned, painted, or replaced.
Here is the process I used for the carb for those interested
Disassemble Carb Spray all parts with Carb Cleaner Blast all parts with Soda in blast cabinet Clean all parts in Ultrasonic cleaner with Dawn, Lemi Shine and Water Rinse everything and dry with compressed air Use 0000 steel wool on exterior surfaces to brighten Assemble with carb kit
