[ford38v8]

Hi Dick, welcome to the Barn! I would suggest, as a first Get~Your~Feet~Wet project, get to know your carburetor before tearing into anything else. Take it apart by the book, clean it, rebuild it by the book. As one of the best books out there is also one of the cheapest, get yourself an old original copy of MoToRs Manual, say, about the 11th Edition. Any newer than that starts to edit the older information to make room for the new.

Take your time, don't rush into replacing things before you are sure of the need, and always remember, NOS or Early Take Off is always better than new, 'cause the old saying "They don't make 'em like that anymore" was never more true than it is today.