36 Ford truck on Ranger

[MercuryMac]

Well, I test drove those two rebuilt carbs today by going to A&W. I had a leak in one gasoline inlet but fixed that with a homemade washer made out of an oil jug wall. Was it Bob that got some copper washers that were cone shaped for the sealing of gas leaks? Well, I just took that idea and made a plastic gasket.
There's still a small problem with some of the carbs not coming back to a full idle. The truck sounds a way better at an idle and feels better on acceleration. Today I went to visit my brother and had him drive the truck in his driveway while I kneeled in the back and hung out over the tailgate listening. Cool.

[Old Iron]

Are you tuning the carbs with a vacuum gauge or just by ear?

[MercuryMac]

OI, I haven't got that far yet. I have a vacuum gauge, but haven't used it. So far, the idle sounds really nice. I turned all of the idle screws in 1/2 turn from where I usually run them. So little time, between showing off and showing off somewhere else.

[MercuryMac]

The other day I told you that I fixed three little things and then test-drove them, well, I wasn't lying that time. Here are some pictures. The first one is about the new gas pedal linkage. I'm holding the old linkage up there to show you it has different ends on it to clip the rod to the little balls, [on the carb throttle linkage, and gas pedal lever]. There are little springs in each tin cap on the ends of the rod. Those springs are not strong enough to open three carbs, so the gas pedal moved down about an inch and half while squashing up the two little hidden springs, every-time I wanted a little more revs. The new rod is solid, and it works very nicely.
Just below the carbs, is a brass heater elbow screwed into the head. It was leaking because it was too loose. It turns out that the outlet is too close to the base threads and the last 'needed' revolution wasn't going to happen. The outlet kept hitting the head. I squashed the outlet oblong with Visegrips and screwed it one more turn. All fixed.
My oil pressure idiot light sender quit working and started dribbling out oil. I changed it and added a four inch length of pipe to bring it up where it will be easier to get at. All fixed.

[smallfoot]

Always satisfying to see how somebody fixes those little glitches! Good work Mac!

[Old Iron]

It definitely is a good feeling to get the bugs worked out.