70 C10 resto-mod (was Chevy culture shock)

[guero_gordo]

If I had any faith the EGA could be used, I'd drop a hundo on it, but $800 is a hard pass.Guess I'll just stick with my vac gauge.
Those of us that didn't grow up fiddling with carbs find a meter of some kind comforting.

 

[pdentrem]

Uncle Tony Garage has a few videos covering timing and carb settings with a vacuum gauge. They are in his first couple years of videos.
Here is one of them.

 

[guero_gordo]

I started with this one and I like that it's q-jet specific and very simple:

I like Tony's stuff, particularly rebuilds. He tells you the absolutely correct way and also why you may be able to get away with cheating a little

 

[pontiac428]

I rebuilt my first Rochester on my living room table with nothing more than a copy of the exploded diagram and a float height spec, knowing I had to have my truck running to get to work the next day. Youtube is making people soft...

 

[verbotenwhisky]

I rebuilt my first Rochester on my living room table with nothing more than a copy of the exploded diagram and a float height spec, knowing I had to have my truck running to get to work the next day. Youtube is making people soft...

You had a diagram?????

 

[pontiac428]

You had a diagram?????

Ha ha! Yeah, had one for the transmission, too! A crusty photocopy, but maybe I'm soft!

 

[guero_gordo]

You had a diagram?????

It was written on the cave wall in charcoal

 

[guero_gordo]

IF you have Jeeps, or just like them, I really like this guy and his brother explaining rebuilds etc.

https://www.youtube.com/@dexjs

 

[guero_gordo]

A couple good YouTube makers with paint content, now I gotta find some paint cheap enough I can practice with it.....plus 50h of body work ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/@PaintSociety

https://www.youtube.com/@paintucation

 

[guero_gordo]

I got a $10 BT amp and 2 3.5" 4ohm speakers(to replace the old 4x10 dash unit) Retaining the AM unit, but that requires running the wires in series to make an 8ohm load so I added a 4PDT on-off-on switch for the speaker circuits