Best tip I can give you is send everybody away, turn off the phone and secret yourself away for a good 3-4 hours. You don't want to be interupted. If you're going to soak it in carb cleaner then add that to the time. I would, it makes it amazingly clean.
Take it apart with a method. Lay stuff out as it comes off. Don't let your crumbmunchers/cat/ curious friends any where near your parts.
Soak the parts or thoughly clean them with carb cleaner. Wear safety glasses. Carb cleaner makes contacts turn pink and melt. Ask me how I know.
Blow out all the passeges with compressed air. Blow carb clean through them to make sure they are passing fluid. Double check the small jets if they don't come with new. I run a strand of copper wire through if there is any doubt.
Assemble using the exploded drawings. Remember that the company usually packs more than one carb type in a box, so the drawing isn't always perfect. Float level is key. So are the rest of the adjustments, but you have to take the top back off to reset the float.
Choke pull off is one of those things that we all take for granted except those of us that have the secret starting method so nobody can steal our truck. It pulls off the choke when the engine starts so that it will stay running.
Idle screws at 2 to 2 1/2 turns to start.
I havn't rebuilt a Cruiser carb in some time. All this advice is based on a few zillion Quadrajets, Carters, Mikunis, and fuel drippin' Holleys.
Hope it helps. Good Luck and don't be afraid to admit defeat and send it to Jim C.
