The Dude Ranch

Ok. I will try it. Thank you so much !

My work horse 1980 720 is having carb problems again. Wont idle. I think dirt got inside via air intake. I have a rebuild kit. But have never done it. Any vids or instructions would be appreciated.

I have a 1981 720 extend cab truck. Radio is original. Powers up. But nothing comes out. Can someone tell me how to remove it. Its in there rock solid. Bruce

Thank you. Got it. Running good. Some dirt must have snuck in there. Blew it out with airgun.

Drove my truck to Port Angeles and back to Seattle. Ran great. Got in it 3 weeks later and it wouldnt start. Roll over no combustion. I notice there is no gas in the fuel filter. I have one next to the carb, VW style. I replace the one under the bed. I install a new fuel pump. Can get started, no idle. Can someone show me where the idle jet is?. Pic or drawing. Cheers. Or what else it could be?

Can someone please answer my questions. this is all that is left for me to test start the truck.

Hello, and thank you for the help. So do I have the hoses connected right? In the picture. And the other tiny hoses I just cap off? Also the blue and red wires on the new carb. I assume they are for the electronic choke. On the truck the wires are both blue, cept one has a white stripe in the middle. Which should the red wire connect to? I dont want to fry anything. Oh and I forgot to say that the guy on ebay sells carbs for lots of makes and models, he is in the usa and shipping is free. The carb I bought was $95 bucks. I also in the past 2 months ordered a new right front fender $60. And a new front Valence $25. Both free shipping! Crazy huh. I can provide their ebay id if anyone is interested.

Ok, I didnt do the pic right. I put them in photobucket this time. Here are the url's. Old Carb first. New carb second.

Here is a photo of the original one still connected. I will take pic of new on connected today. Happy 4th !

Hello. The area where the tiny hose hookups, the steel tubes, is at the base of the carb, on the passenger side. aiming at the wheel well sorta. one bends up a little and the other sticks straight out. They match the old ones in placement. I did take photos of my carb before removing it, and any hoses. but when off they sorta all tangeled up. I just wanted to make sure i had them on right.

Hello. Thank you for all the info and advice. I ended up getting a Hitachi replacement clone. Identical to the original. Cept it only hase two tiny hose hook ups at the base. I havent had a chance to take pics of the new one yet. Can i load a pic of the original? Or can someone tell me which hoses must be still hooked up. I do not know what certain things are called, other than carb, battery, easy stuff. I guess i will try and clean the old one too. The story is that the truck would run good. Then suddenly run rough. Then good again. This last time, it never snapped out of it. Stayed running bad. I check spark. Spark good. Checked fuel pump. Pumps good. So I assumed it was the carb. It is very dirty.

Thank you !

Hello, this is my first post. I have a 1980 Datsun Pickup. Started running rough. seem to be the carb. I cannot find any identity marks on the carb. Looked at some on ebay. found one that looks 90% the same. some of the tiny hose fittings are not present. I read on here a lot of folks use webber. but i noticed that carb has no tiny hose hook ups. can I just cease using them? or most of them. Im in seattle so no emisions test to pass. I just want to get a new carb.