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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bug" data-source="post: 225952" data-attributes="member: 3940">Can she rise from the dust?!!!I pulled her out of the garden shed from the farthest corner of my yard where she has slept for the last 6 years. Drug the bucket of parts and the yet-to-be-completed fuel tanks over to my driveway. Gave her a quick one over, checking out the wires and hoses hanging from her naked frame, figuring out which were necessary to crank her over. Put my socket on and slowly cranked her over by hand. Still smooth. I connected a battery to her and sprayed a little starting fluid into her carburetor. I just wanted to hear her kick a bit. I hit the starter button and BANG! she backfired, angry at being left alone for so long. I cranked her over a few more times and she reluctantly kicked back to life. I stuck her fuel hose into a nearby gas can and watched as she sucked up the gas and filled her bowls. Set the choke to full and turned her over again. She kicked and sputtered and refused to idle unless I fed her extra and kept that choke tight. With all that the project has started anew! I pulled the carburetor to see how it has fared over the years. Ashamed to find it full of gunk from not being put away properly.[ATTACH]48551[/ATTACH]Well I got that cleaned up and started working on my manifold. My fabrication skills have slightly improved over the years so I whipped up a new pair of spacers and cut out some gaskets with my laser. [ATTACH=full]48550[/ATTACH]Next up I'll start reworking the plenum and runners, making sure I don't have any vacuum leaks.</blockquote>

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