Torque Converter Problems?

EmersonC said
Normally i adjust thr carb with the engine fully warmed and in P. I can readjust the carb with the car in D but like I said the engine seems great its just when I come to a stop after driving the engine feels like it's being held up and just dies.

I will check the compression, its been on my list of things to do. Maybe the vacume advance mechanism on the dist is getting caught up and not returning to where it should be?

I understand what you said in the original post and answered accordingly. I don't believe you understood me when I said they should always be adjusted in gear, not park or neutral because when in gear it loads the engine down which generally requires enriching the fuel mixture. An engine can sound great idling at 15 to 1 A/F mixture in neutral or park but as soon as you drop it in gear and try to drive it won't want to idle at stop signs because the fuel mixture is too lean. If it's running lean (not getting enough fuel) at idle it'll act exactly like you described. Never saw a vacuum advance get hung up and not return, but anything's possible. Most of the time vacuum advance mechanisms go bad it's due to a hole in the diaphragm and they just cease to work and cause a small vacuum leak. Wouldn't hurt to check it though.

Checking the float levels as 70Duster mentioned isn't a bad idea either. I've rebuilt a few Eddy carbs that were never touched after leaving the factory and most of them had the float levels adjusted wrong. I set the float level with a 7/16" drill bit.