Tin Grille School Bus - This 440 Powered 1978 Dodge D200 Crew Cab Long Bed Needs Help

The battery's dead. It won't fire at all without a healthy drink of gas poured down the carb. It's gutless, and clouds of fuel vapor occasionally spout from the air horn like old faithful under acceleration. The electric fuel pump bodged under the hood is a strong hint that the fuel supply system leaves something to be desired. There's a strange whistling noise emanating from the carburetor, and a horrible dry scraping noise from the water pump. The good news is, this 440 big block powered 1977 Dodge D200 crew cab long bed - potentially the ultimate classic Dodge truck, with the possible exception of a missing front drive axle - has landed at the Dead Dodge Garage, where all of these problems and more have been solved on many a tin grille truck before. So today, let's see if we can get Mitchell's reliable new daily driver whipped into shape and back on the road.