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I was going to suggest that you try another adapter and see if that clears it up, they generally work pretty well, much better than the canister type. Hang in there bud, I know these little problems can make you want to walk away for a while, but you are so close now.

Dan is a perfectionist to a fault......drives me nuts sometimes, and he does not understand the term " That is good enough". But that is why his projects are a lot nicer than mine. When he built that rpu originally, he was just learning hot rods and had cut his teeth on air bagged S10...

Thanks guys. Yep, 224 to be exact. The tonneau cover was one of the things I inherited when Dan tore his rpu projct apart years ago. He didn't like the way it looked, so he cut it all up and started over with a Brookville body, a new frame he built, etc. I got the body, chrome windshield...

Today I worked on getting the shifter reinstalled on the transmission while Dan worked some more on the bed. After I got the shifter installed I put jack stands under the rear axle to get the tires off the ground and I started the motor and ran it through the gears. Park worked, reverse...

Thanks, Bob. You are absolutely correct, it is amazing how many big and little tasks there are to putting one of these things together. No wonder it sometimes takes years and years (Unless you are on Overhaulin' and can do it in a week ! lol) As close as we are to the finish line there are...

I had a couple of goals today. The first was to dig into the motor and make sure everything was the way it should be to make it run well. It ran ok when we fired it up, but just ok. It sounded a little lame and didn't take gas real well. The first thing I did was pull the number one valve...

Thanks, guys. It feels good to be finally getting close to the end of this thing. Tired of bleeding money and sweating my tail off in the hot Florida Summer !! (old age doesn't help any either ) I called the auto parts store just now and they have two of the carb gaskets I need so today my...

Nah, don't give up, as long as you take your time and learn some things along the way you will be fine. We didn't mean to discourage you, and as long as this truck is not something you need to depend on for daily transportation, you should be able to get the engine freshened up and put back...

Well, the good news is, at least the cigarette lighter is not very rusty !

Thanks, guys. Still some little bugs to work out, but overall not too bad so far. I am considering using two block off plates to temporarily remove the two end carbs, just to simplify getting everything tuned. Then, when I am certain it is running well I can start putting those two carbs...

Haha, you guys are killing me ! Ok, no film, but I do have a major step tonight to report. After 9 years of building this thing, tonight it actually ran for the very first time. Both of my sons came over to help me wrap up the little details that needed to be done before we could try...

Well guys, today might be the day ! My two sons and I are going to meet at the shop tonight, finish up a few things, and then try to fire up the engine for the first time ! My son Don is better with motors than Dan and me, so I am going to let him take the lead and prelube it and then see...

Didn't mean to turn you against wanting to do a rebuild yourself, Jim, doing one can be fun and a great learning experience. And, with today's internet you can find a ton of videos on what to do, especially on a small block Ford or Chevy. But I will relay this story. My one son has a rpu with...

There are many levels of "rebuilding" an engine. It can range all the way from a ring and bearing rebuild, where you do not do things like hot tanking and machining the block and heads, all the way to a blueprint rebuild, where every component is redone to factory specs. Even the most basic...

Ouch !!

Haha, your logic and mine are pretty much the same. Of all the things that are dangerous about our creations, having a single vs dual are down the list. As I mentioned earlier, I am running a 66 Chevy brake/clutch single master cylinder on my 27 and it is over 30 years old with no problems...

Wow, that is unusual and scary, Bob. Generally the two systems are separate and if one goes the other will function ok. But I have seen where the rear brakes on some of my cars are not up to the job of stopping you, even with a split system. Many years ago, I lived on a street that was on a...

Thanks. I agree and am leaning more and more toward just yanking the single one out and putting the double one in it's place. But that single one sure fits nice up under there and leaves a lot of room.

A couple more pictures from tonight.

I spent today wrapping up the wiring, at least most of it. All I have to do now is put plugs on the wire bundles I have grouped together so I can unplug the dash at any time and take it out with only 6 screws. I also got the final wiring run to the coil, so theoretically I should now be able...