Brain Bucket

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The '83 is in with a good mechanic that says....

Wait a minute.....Here's the background....rewind....

Switched out the 305 for a mild 350. California. Hoses galore. I have to keep them all.

For the short run, the crappy 305 carb that was making the motor run seriously rich is still in. It would run nicely when it warmed up.....

Sitting in line for a burger it died. I waited 3 hrs and it started again. Figured out it was electrical. No spark at the plugs. Tried to fix the dist. No spark.

I went on line and bought a brain...I don't even know what it's called. Sits in behind the glove box in an aluminum can. They sent me the wrong one..A serious hassle to return......

So a neighbor and I pulled the "brain" and put in a non-brain distributor.

Never had the problem again.

Fast forward......Back to the carb. The truck's in the shop and the mechanic wants to get the stock distributor, rebuild the carb and get it running lean and clean.

But I'm worried that if I don't get another "brain", I'll be left high and dry again down the road.

The problem was intermittent. Only happened at the very worst times, of course.

If I get a new brain, can someone tell me what it's called and where to get it. Or tell just me I'm dangerous and to get a Prius.