Patience has never been once of my stronger traits. I went ahead and pulled the carb and all the vacuum lines(labeled them all), and the 'mount' for the carb which had a large flare nut fitting on a roughly 1" tube.

I had went ahead and done this to hopefully get a better look at the manifold bolts. Some along the top were not hand loose but definitely not to torque.

If I'm this far, is it much harder/worth my time to replace the gaskets for the manifolds?


The carb was down tight before removing it. And from what I remember the other day, looking down the carb throat with the engine idling and hitting the throttle it had a good spray.

I'de like to to a basic rebuild with gaskets etc. for the carb while it's out.


Where can I get a kit for this single barrel, think it said motorcraft on the side? Stock?