re: #152 thedopefishlives

Both of those are in the plan, along with a bunch of other things (changing all the fluids, checking the hoses, changing the belts, new tires). I’m a pretty fair hand at all things mechanical after spending my formative years in my dad’s barn, maintaining his fleet of antique John Deere tractors. Their carbs are a lot more primitive than the one on this car, but the operating principle is the same and most of it is just gasket work and cleaning all the little micro-passages.

I learned that last part from an old-timer mechanic who worked on my old heap years ago. Also, cranking the engine a few times with the coil wire disconnected and grounded will push the oil around inside and get things ready for when the engine is running for real.

Now I want an old car to work on. Not too many these parts, China does not yet have a huge used car market.