Shadetreemechanic
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Glad I could help. Set the timing around 4 degrees and id try to find a 2bbl motorcraft carb, they're cheap and simple which = reliable! I've tried the 2bbl holleys, you get some more pep but they're usually too stubborn to even run good. Even on the coldest days my black truck lights right off after a full revolution or 2 and runs great. People say AMC engines are easier to find parts for....not true, although there is a slightly larger aftermarket (intakes/msd dizzys) I have the same difficulty finding parts for my friends 360 as I do finding harvester parts. OHHH and run autolite 85 plugs,for some reason the part stores list 303 plugs but they do not go into the cylinder enough!!! Part #s make life easier when speaking to counter clowns too....
-Jon
Do you know which motorcraft carb is best? I had an old ford 360 in college and I think I only paid $70 for the motorcraft carb on that thing.
I am making my list now to take to the parts store and see if this thing is worth fixing. List at this point is,
Water pump,
Carburetor (or rebuild)
Master cylinder
Wheel cylinders
rubber brake lines
That should get it running and driving well enough to get it over to a friends exhaust shop to have the pipes put back on. It had a fairly new exhaust, but both pipes broke loose at the manifolds when they drug getting it off the trailer. Fortunately the manifolds are unharmed.
fortunatly the woman I got it from had just spent some money on it when it quit running. It has brand new plugs, cap, rotor, fuel pump and filter. The old bias tires look ok and were probably nearly new when she parked it, so was the exhaust.
It looks like I will end up fixing this truck. I am calling it my Wife's Christmas present
She currently has an old 1972 3/4 ton 4x4 chevy she uses as a farm/ garden truck. I will give her the international since she has been wanting a dump bed, and pull the Chevy in the shop and do a full body restoration. It will be a good excuse to test out the new mig welder I bought myself for Christmas.
the ONLY AMC in a fullsize pickup is a 401. the scouts had the 258. look at the dipstick, the bracket to the motor MAY have 2 bolt holes, the higher one up is a 345/392, lower one is a 304. usually 8 out of 10 times a 392 is a 4bbl. 
