Background: 1589 Apache 3200 235 3 on the tree - bone stock never rebuilt 58k miles.
Found in a garage - not run for 15 years.
I brought the truck home in March & have tinkered here & there with it since then.
The first thing I did was install a new modern rear main seal. Thanks for the help from the forum by the way - I never would have known about a sneaky pete otherwise.
Then I cleaned the tank & replace the fuel lines & found the pump was bad.
New pump & I rebuilt my first carb only to find I screwed it up.
The new carb arrived today! - Of course it didn't fit. I was so pi$$ed if you know what I mean.
I was able to use the lower half of my old carb & the top half (bowl & float etc) from the rebuilt one & varoom - off the the races.
Except it was only kicking on 3 cyls. A new set of sparklers & I was on the highway man - cruise city!
I am so tickled with myself. I have always been a tinkerer but honestly this was the first dead horse I ever resurrected.
I still have a ton of work to do before I would consider it safe, but it is a real running truck right now. The only smoke came from my oil filter leak. That's on the list.
My immediate fix for now is the brake lights. Once I have those I can actually drive on the road.
Sorry for the blog. I'm just excited.
