She's alive, finally alive!! ...but barley. Got everything bolted up, so excited to turn the key, lights were all popping up like they should be, and went to crank. 'Click' . That's all I got. I was worried that it was my new starter (I pulled a mini starter from a 95 Dakota) . Checked connections, found loose connections to the starter. Tightened those up, and spun the starter went. After a few tries (probably dry on fuel) , VAROOOM ! So, freaking, happy! It sounded great! Turned it off after a few seconds, realizing that the distributor bolt was not locked down and wiggled the dizzy everywhere. -sigh- back to timing the thing. Now, trying to start it up...starts up in less than a second, but ran super rough and couldn't get it to stay running. Carb spewed fuel everywhere. Even while throttle was not held down at all, it ran worse without being held all the way open. I'm figuring it's way flooded, but from what? Maybe float bowls?
Another issue. Upon fiddling with my lights to make sure my connections were good, I realized that my turn signals were erratic and staying on. All lights work, but (especially my right signal) it doesn't flash, just keeps itself on until I turn it off. Tried to check connections, everything is solid.
I'm almost there, I'm very much encouraged, but I need help in bringing it home: figuratively and literally!