[Steeveedee]

Good job on the diagnosis. Nothing worse than just throwing parts at a problem until it goes away. I was a mechanic back in the day, before I graduated university and went to work as an engineer. People would come into the shop all the time with complaints about the carburetor. The first time, I just put the carburetor on because the customer said that was the problem. It wasn't the problem, and while we still got paid for the carburetor and labor, I felt bad about it, because it wasn't fixed, and there was added expense to make the correct repair. Funny that I remember about the carb, but don't remember what the real problem ended up being! After that, I always did the diagnostics. 95% of the time it was in the ignition, when they had points.

My truck had a secondary bog that took some time to figure out- the plastic cam that raises the secondary metering rods when the secondary air valves open broke. But I knew that it was in the carb for sure. The only kit I've ever seen with that part is one I bought from Cliff Ruggles.