I took a bite out of the elephant today. Yes, I'm off work this week, so I hope to get some things done on the truck.

The flatty 6 hasn't idled since I got it. Started every time, but wouldn't idle. I was hoping the carb rebuild would fix that, since the idle mixture screw made no change at all. And it was quite dirty, so I wanted to clean it inside and out. I got a gallon can of Berryman Chem-Dip from AutoZone, printed out the Holley Service Manual, and got to work. The last time I rebuilt a carb, several decades ago, it didn't work, so I was a little leery.

But this time it worked like a champ, and after I adjusted it, the truck runs real nice. I've been grinning all afternoon...
Here's a before shot


And here's an after shot


And here's a link to a video of it running, which probably nobody but me will ever watch, but I'm glad I took it.