Finally, just an additional thought about Kadron carburetor’s:
I have read here on the SOC site and heard from a variety of other sources issues with the quality (and quality control) Kadron’s. I mentioned the questionable quality of the original gaskets in the post above, but here is what I found holding the throttle body to the ‘main’ body of the left carb:
The screw pair on the right is correct, with the head fitting nicely into sized recess when installed. The pan head screws on the left are, by all accounts, incorrect.
I opted to replace all four but finding replacements locally seemed to be a bit of a challenge. Impatient and wanting to get the car back together I opted to use screws with properly sized threads (and length), put the new screws in my power drill, walked it over to the bench grinder, gently ground the heads down a bit to the proper diameter, and voila!
The new (dark) gaskets can be seen in the foreground, with the original gaskets behind:
Just a few thoughts, and learning as I go! Thanks again for all of the great advice!
- Brent