I installed a new carb on The binder.... and it cranked right up... it was only running one 6.5 cylinders, so i swapped a few plugs around, and it ran on all 8 for a bit... i noticed it was sucking oil out of the pcv, so I changed the valve cover to one with a baffle, and it slowed down a lot... not as much smoke coming out the exhaust either.
I got to drive it up and down the (private) road in front of my house too... that was fun.
then i cleaned and regreased the right front wheel bearings.