Rebuilt the carb this weekend. Reattached all the linkage and cleaned up the intake a bit. The car idles in P, N, great. Fast idles fine and kicks down to normal idle smoothly. Engine RPM smoothly increases and throttle opens wide open when gas depressed.
As soon as car is shifted into R,D or 1,2 it quickly bogs down and starts to stall out.m while not moving. Pressing on the gas feels as if it’s out of breathe and severely lean. Gonna try and plug all the vacuum ports. And detect any vacuum leaks. Will report back.
EDIT:
Found and plugged at least 2 vacuum leaks. Tightened loose carb base bolts and used a thick flange.
Will check and tighten down on intake bolts to see if any have worked their way loose.
Although it is noticeably better i.e. not stalling out when just sitting in drive, it still is overly lean. Acceleration while in gear causes backfiring (through carb) sputtering, little to no throttle response (WOT causes nothing) etc.
Adjusting mixture screws richer seem to make the engine unstable.
Might check my float adjustments again but they should be good.
Fuel filter has been replaced and might go ahead and do fuel pump as well. Will also be sure to check timing and change out plugs that are probably old.
After taking the car for a test drive tonight, combining accessories features like lights, wipers, brake lights and turn signals cause the engine to stall out. At fast idle acceleration voltage is fine but under normal conditions, voltage does not regulate.
I’ve chalked it up to low or fluctuating RPM causing the regulator and alternator the fail in tow.
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