Re: Distributor?

Posted by Ron Ferguson On 2008/3/18 23:40:32

WAAAAHOOO HAPPY DANCE SHES FIXED and wow do I feel stupid.
When I bought the car it came from Ohio - the former owner didn't have the auto choke hooked up and to start in cold weather he had carb mixture extremely rich.
After installing tube from exhaust manifold to choke, I had to lean it out.Then as summer came on the engine wouldn't restart when warn - until I leaned it out more. As the summer heat went up - it was overheating so I had the block and radiator flushed. Thats when it seemed to slow down to 35 MPH.
I checked the carb - plenty of fuel at idel and looked fine when I blipped the throttle.
While laying in bed one night thinking about it. One thing kept coming to mind - on 3 or 4 occasions I had leaned the mixture. DUH too much.
Next morning I started her up, let it warm up and held the throttle wide open - sure enough only about 800 RPMs max. I took the trusty old screw driver and opened up both mixture screws 1 full turn and VIOLA FIXED....
She does 60 now and I'm still kicking myself.