Wow! This runs great!
I ran an IV (funnel) to the fuel pump to bypass the old gas and as soon as the gas hit the carb, it fired right up and never even stalled. The choke, choke pull off and fast idle all worked like they should. No smoke and quiet too. Maybe it's only 49K instead of 149K?
Found the problem with the clutch. The push rod slipped out of the fork. So after fixing that I got to drive it around. It's WAY cool! Half the brake system is out but I had enough to stop since top speed was about 5 MPH.
Found one major thing. There is a big hole in the bottom of the tranny! :eek: I was wondering where the gear oil was dripping from. That's from them lifting the truck with a front end loader with forks when they put it in the yard and got it out. Driveshaft is bent too but they told me that it probably would be.
Luckily, he's supposed to watch for a driveshaft for me free of charge. He'll probably give me a tranny when he finds out about the hole too. He's a decent guy, gives me good deals all the time.
I'm still in shock that a vehicle that looks like this can run so good.
I drained the gas tank. It was ORANGE! Old stinky gas. I managed to spill some on my boot so I'll now have the pleasure of smelling it for about a week!