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Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Hartford Kentucky
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N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
I just bought a 66 Chevy c10 inline 6 pick up stepside less than 48 hours ago. I've looked it over and found things wrong or missing and some things that have completely baffled me on how to replace.
First things first, the air cleaner was off the truck when I got it. So I'm not sure how to put it back on. I've seen pictures, watched videos, looked for diagrams but for some reason I just can't figure it out. I attached a picture of what I've got. In most pictures they have a mount on top of the carb that the cleaner box bolts into. or a bolt coming from the carb up through the air cleaner. But neither is true here. Need to figure this out before I want to drive it at all. Next, shifting and transmission. 3 on the tree. When going from Rev/1st to 2nd/3rd I have to push HARD or pull HARD on the shifter to get it to go from one side of neutral to the other. Not sure why or how to fix it. Buying new rubber bushings for the rods anyway but I feel like there is something else I need to grease, clean, replace. Drivable but very difficult to shift. Thanks for the help in advance. Once these two things are fixed the rest of the project can take off! |
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
What kind of carb is that? It doesnt look anything like the one on my straight 6.
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
Not sure. I've seen one single barrel design that looks similar but it has the bar going across the top with a bolt hole to screw into. It looks just as old and original as the rest of the engine.
I did see one video that a guy had an "air recycler"? between the carburetor and air filter. No idea what that was. This is killing me lol. |
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
Just from looking up rochester 1 bbl carbs it looks like it might be a model b? Looking at picture of those they appear to have a piece across the opening for the threaded stud to atach to. Yours looks to be missing this.
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
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lmc.com is hard to find carburetor parts. just whole carbs. |
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
Try looking on eBay. If you have the capability, you could try making your own too.
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
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Sorry, can't help with the shifter problem.
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
I found the metal piece in a box that came with the truck. Why they took it off? I have no idea. But it put it on and it fit but when I screw the filter case on, right before it's tight enough to hold well it somehow twists out of the grooves and everything comes off. I think I'm missing the roll pin you're showing in the pic.
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
As for the shifting, it's not really getting easier to go forward and back but instead just easier to know when I can pull hard and get it to switch. Afraid I'll break the shifter if I keep trying to fix it
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
I don't have experience with the 3 on the tree, but this might help – lever "B" might be the culprit. Keep us posted on how you make out and the fix once figured out.
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
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What I'm trying next is to align the shifters on the column under the hood. Completely grease everything I can get my hands on. I watched a video that a guy lined up the 2 shift rods by hand (while in neutral) and put a screw driver through the two sides to keep it straight. Took the clamp off at the other end of the shifting area to make everything move easier. Then he loosened the 2nd/3rd shift rod bolt just enough to tap on the top to take the tension off that the screwdriver was putting on it. He tightened all that back up and went to the clamp on the bottom part of the shifting area and put it back on. But before he tightened that completely, he got it together and tapped the bolts on the shifting rods side to shorten the gap between 2nd/3rd and rev, 1st. The neutral gap went from maybe 1/4" to just about 1/8th on either side. Tightened it all up and was flawless. I should do that tomorrow (9/13) and I will repost with my outcome. Fingers crossed. Trying to get this truck going before next weekend! Thanks everyone for the help. |
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
It worked (my last post). I adjusted the whole shifting area under the hood and put grease on everything I could get my hands on. Shifts much easier through all gears. Only thing is back and forth through rev/1st to neutral.. Just have to find neutral everytime. I think I need a rubber bushings on the bolt that holds the shift rod.
Pushing the rods closer and making the gap for neutral to travel smaller had to be the key. Next step, new hoses (pcv valve hose has been busted the whole time). May rebuild carb because it leaks around the gasket area on top but may be stuck floats? We'll see. |
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
If there is a part missing such as the roll pin it could be laying in the intake manifold. Maybe shine a flashlight in there and have a look or take the carb off and feed a magnet along either side.
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Re: N00B Post - Air Cleaner/carb connection
I'm going to take the carb off completely in a couple days to check out the warping that was mentioned before. I'll be sure to scavenge everything I can to look for those and other loose items. Replacing the valve cover gasket as well.
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