finished the belts.... even got the right belts the first time...
![](https://i.imgur.com/KTs2bJVh.jpg)
then made a hole
![](https://i.imgur.com/fIAccZdh.jpg)
to replace the leaky reservoir
![](https://i.imgur.com/lXBLVMwh.jpg)
with one that doesn't leak
![](https://i.imgur.com/dL3h3ESh.jpg)
in other news, for the first time in my existence I had a truck come through with too small of a carb.
![](https://i.imgur.com/NaVMMLxh.jpg)
backstory, guy on a neighbors page was having trouble with his 406 sbc. wouldn't run over 3000 rpm and running extremely rich..... well, if you put a 650 carb on a motor that needs 700 cfm minimum, it'll pull fuel in its search for air. Loaned him an 870 that I had on the Buick.... thing runs hard... he's quite pleased, figured I better get at least one good deed in in 2023.... beautiful truck, it's purple.
and the Corvette. It's popping like it wants to start - but not triggering my timing light - which suggests it's just fuel detonating with compression... so much of the rest of my day has been doing a deep dive on what I need to do to make it roar. but alas, I'm always breaking trail - and this is no different.
![](https://i.imgur.com/KTs2bJVh.jpg)
then made a hole
![](https://i.imgur.com/fIAccZdh.jpg)
to replace the leaky reservoir
![](https://i.imgur.com/lXBLVMwh.jpg)
with one that doesn't leak
![](https://i.imgur.com/dL3h3ESh.jpg)
in other news, for the first time in my existence I had a truck come through with too small of a carb.
![](https://i.imgur.com/NaVMMLxh.jpg)
backstory, guy on a neighbors page was having trouble with his 406 sbc. wouldn't run over 3000 rpm and running extremely rich..... well, if you put a 650 carb on a motor that needs 700 cfm minimum, it'll pull fuel in its search for air. Loaned him an 870 that I had on the Buick.... thing runs hard... he's quite pleased, figured I better get at least one good deed in in 2023.... beautiful truck, it's purple.
and the Corvette. It's popping like it wants to start - but not triggering my timing light - which suggests it's just fuel detonating with compression... so much of the rest of my day has been doing a deep dive on what I need to do to make it roar. but alas, I'm always breaking trail - and this is no different.
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