Ok after taking in all of the details posted, I have a method in planning to attack the soot in tail pipe, black dribble under the intake manifold and gas smell thru-out the garage with the oil bath air cleaner off...
finish cleanup of the filter unit of the oil bath, let it dry out.
unscrew and remove the cap off the top of the carb; clean out any gas debris in the bowl, jets and float. Hopefully the gasket will survive dis-assembly and re-assemble.
Clean out the glass bowl of the gas filter and gas filter.
This should take care of gas supply issues
torque the manifold bolts using the 'feel method with wrench' after setting the ones closest to the middle with torque wrench, may see what this feels like with the torque wrench and the crows foot head. (I feel really dumb, not thinking of using the Snap-on set that I found at a yard sale in a dirt-filled box)
Check torque of head bolts using the normal torque wrench, flat crows foot/calculated method and weld-on end/bent wrench method from HR
I'm going to use the oil bath air cleaner for the test runs, it should be clean, dry and ready for use by the time I get all of the other tasks completed. Plan to use straight 30 weight oil to the fill line.
I'm going to install new plugs and replace the coil. The plug wires look great, the coil is strangely covered in oil.
I have three rainy days ahead here in North Carolina, I should have it all ready to go when the sun comes back out again.
