Carburetor Question - Is this a good call?

Agree. Its a PIA.
At least down by my garage, there's a others doing welding, plumbing, stuff like that and generally help each other if we can. I hate stopping because then I lose track. Takes time to get back up to speed where I last left off.

McMasters is great 'cause they often ship from NJ - which is right across the river. One day delivery regular mail 95% of the time.
well, if the op stays at it, he'll get it and learn a lot in the process. He's already learned to look for alignment carb-adaptor-intake. He'll get it. Then he'll see how easy it was, and next time, he won't need a thread. And that's great, because it means he hurdled that step