Re: "new" carb running good, Jerry-rig held up, Toyota truck back in biz....

[Gremlingts@xxxx]

 The Gremlin ran great today to work and back, only had a slight miss ( 
probably the worn valvetrain ), and only blue smoke when nailing the gas to 
accelerate. I still need to set the auto choke, it's set for too warm a 
condition. But otherwise, the new Advance Auto rebuilt carb did the trick. 
My fix on the linkage held up well today, but it will be replaced...see 
below.
Picked up the Toyota today after I got home, it's clutch is now grippy 
and no more noise! Another noise I thought was the water pump squealing is 
gone, too, so it must have been the throw-out bearing causing the racket to 
begin with. Peace and quiet again! I can sneak home late now without the wife 
knowing its me pulling into the driveway. LOL. J/K. 
While test-driving the Toy from the shop, I stopped in at AA/Speed and 
Custom around the corner, and found a Chevy carb ball pivot pin with threads 
and a nut, so I can use that on my new CJ-5 carb to "correctly" hook up the 
linkage. The hole looks big enough to accept the threaded part, if not, I can 
open'er up a little. Not a big problem. it cost $7 , but worth it. Now I have 
two vehicles again I can trust. Whew! 
Well, that completes Day 4 of Gremlin Driving, it will be "retired" 
tomorrow to standby status until further need/notice. I may check the plugs 
this weekend to see if any are fouled, if I find it's so, I'll replace them 
again. Might be all that's wrong! Who knows...Well, guess I'll get back to 
house-cleaning. AMC ya,

Jerry in snowy Virginia.....