what are these things under my hood?

[kikkegek]

yesterday I made some pics of the engine under my hood.

I am still a complete noob for chevy engines, So some help would be very welcome.

(knowledge is power, isnt it?)

This is the number of my carb. a Rochester Quadrajet.
How do I find out what type of carb it is?
and has anybody the manual of it for me?


What is this thing with the hoses on it? Can I remove it without problems?
I do have to say that all the "environmmental stuf californian stuf" has been removed as much as possible.


I believe this is the fuel pump. It is very greasy?
- can this hurt?
- how do I clean it easily?



1. what is this thing in the circle? there is no hose, is that OK? Can I remove it and plug the hole it leaves with something?
2. there is oil nat the end of my arrow! is that dangeorus? no idea where it is coming from? you? is there a danger of fire with soo much grease on the engine?
3. the thing in the square is the thing I asked about in the first picture. This is just a different angle.



In my picasa webalbum you can see all the pics in HQ.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jochenz/...6K20Silverado#