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We have a successful landing! Trim #4 got me close enough to know it is going to work, but still needs to go rearward by 1 inch as seen by the rear wheel well centering. Also I would like to lower it another 1/2 inch in the rear and 1 inch in the front (for starters). All are doable with further trims.

You can try bottle feeding it to eliminate various systems. Put some gas in a plastic mustard squirter bottle. Drip it into the carb venturi while it is running for the first 3 seconds. Can you keep the engine running this way? If yes, the root of the problem lies somewhere in the fuel delivery system. Fuel pump, carb, fuel lines etc. If you cannot keep it running by bottle feeding it, its likely an electrical or mechanical related problem.

Will any motorhomes be attending this year? If so, make sure Dave brings his tow truck again, lol. From the 2016 archives: (...and shyte)

Short block refers to the engine without head, manifolds, or tin work. Long block means engine with head, may or may not have tin work. It does not mean 23" vs 25" engines. F0r the OP, years ago Vintage Power Wagons use to have surplus 230 crate engines, forget how complete they were. Every now and then they pop up on the internet. But I do not know of anyone that has them on the shelf.

Replaced/reworked: Remove/reinstall fluid drive. Multiple times. Replace rear main seal Fresh oil pan gasket Replace clutch disk Replace throwout bearing and sleeve Replace clutch fork retainer spring New leather boot for the clutch fork! Sexy new boot! Clean/regrease clutch torque shaft Replace motor mounts Rebuild/clean oil pump, new gasket to block Replace U-joints on both ends of propeller shaft Replace e-brake band New e-brake cable New speedo cable Replace transmission output seal Replace differential input seal Replace exhaust hangers Replace front sway bar bushings Replace rear sway bar bushings, repaint rear sway bar Change brake system over to DOT5: new hard lines, new master cylinder, new wheel cylinders, new pressure switch Bang the dents out of the downdraft tube, clean, repaint. Writing it down in a list like that, it seems surprising that the car ran and drove as well as it did, but a lot of this fell into the camp of "Well as long as it's up on the jack stands and not going anywhere any time soon, may as well fix that..." It took me most of the day just to clean out the garage well enough to be able to drop it to the ground and back it out. I award myself a well-earned beer.

I have yet to master Gibberish, either authentic frontier or modern.