Rebuilt My First Q-Jet!!!

[Scootin 81 C20]

Hey guys, today I finished up my very first carb rebuild! This has a back story to it so bear with me.

I was talking to one of the local Modified owners that is getting out of racing, and I mentioned that I was looking for a Q-Jet. He told me, "Go on out to the race shop and pick one out from what's on the shelf." Well, I went out there a few days after the conversation and sadly, there was only one left so I chose it. I thanked him again and asked him to keep an eye out for some M/T valve covers for my 350. He said sure and that he was glad he could help.

I got the carb home and started looking it over to see what I had to work with and the first thing I did was decode it. It decoded out to a 1973 Chevrolet with a Manual Trans. I'm thinking, "Ok, this will still work on mine. But, if it doesn't I could always save it for the swap meet." So I decided to take it to Auto Service with me to ask my teacher about it and to see if he thought it needed a rebuild. we both said it should work and we also figured a rebuild isn't that expensive, so we'll go for it.

I did all the steps for stripping it and cleaning it off, and it cleaned up like a new penny. My teacher ordered the kit yesterday and I started putting it back together and got it 75% done by the time the bell rang. So today I went into class to knock this one out of the ballpark.

I finished it, got the idle screws roughly adjusted so I can put it on and tune it. I will say it was a bit of a challenge with the linkages, but I pulled through and it was fun. I'm going to rebuilding another one soon (the one that's on my truck)

Sorry guys, no before pics, but here's what I ended up with today.







Thanks
Benjamin.