Home Forums Gear Hunting Trucks and Four-Wheel Drives Anybody familiar with old Chevy big blocks?

Ok I pulled off the top of the carb. Here it the underside of it.


The carb had a lot of grit and dirt in what I presume to be the bowls?


I'm going to suck up the fuel with some paper towels and wipe out the dirt and wipe off the fouling. I was able to keep the gasket intact but for the piece in the middle. So I'm going to try and find the model # on it and get a gasket kit before I put it together. I also forgot to pick up an oil filter so I've got a couple things to pickup in town on monday before I fire it up again.

Is there anything from the photos that looks jacked up? I'm guessing with all the grit in the bowls that maybe some of that migrated to the holes the needles sit in and allowed the fuel to run in?