Hi, everyone. I'm located in Lawton, OK and I have an 87 Raider. Here is some history:

I bought the Raider for $50 bucks and had to rebuild the engine because #2 piston spun a bearing, new crank, bearings, rings, oil pump, timing gear set and a good used distributor along with a new coil, plugs and wires.

refurbished the head

Rebuilt and thouroughly cleaned the carb.

replaced all vacuum hoses.

Had the radiator cleaned and tested.

Had to replace the exhaust manifold with one from an 86 D50, it's a little different bjut it bolts to the head just right. After a trip to the muffler shop and a new bung hole and a new O2 sensor the exhaust was back together.

So after all of the above and alot of tweaking it is almost
done. I have to fix a leaky steering gear box and a few other non-mechanical items. I also would like to see if anyone can provide pics and or data on what ports on the carb are supposed to be hooked up to other ports and which ones are supposed to be capped off. I have the Haynes manual and the Dodge Raider service manuals which show the vacuum piping diagram, which came in handy for replacing the vacuum hoses, but the carberators ports are not shown or mentioned.

Thanks in advance,
Nathan

Last edited by kb9lae; 09/15/09 08:54 PM.