car idles fine but idle speed drops really low in drive/reverse.

trying to work on an older car without essential tools like a timing light, vacuum gauge and a dwell/tach meter is like hiring a hooker when your pecker has been blowed off in the war.

I can understand and even appreciate that you may have limited knowledge and still want to get into the hobby. But why on god's green earth do you and others limit yourselves so badly with tools? You can get a timing light, vacuum gauge and a dwell tach meter cheap. Read the instructions. Learn how to use them. Get yourself a factory chrysler service manual for your car. Not haynes or chiltons or other junk. Chrysler.

Sounds like very simple adjustment issues, but you will never figure it out without the necessary tools to get the job done. Refer again to my above comparison.

x2 mt