Stalls in Gear, Automatic- Restarts Good- Can Slam it into Gear! EEEK

Lustle said

Right. Cause you had more wrong than just a bad carb. I haven't read about any burnt wires or other problems. A lot of folks seem to think it's the carb. He hasn't listed the other problems you mention (timing/wires/etc). I'm saying even a bad carb (and just a bad carb) will run in and out of gear. Especially when he's pulling 20" of vacuum and say it idles good. A problem that ONLY shows up when you put it in gear and keep it in gear. That says to me the converter is junk and is putting a load on the engine.

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I'm not arguing it's not the converter. Only that it's less common and not the only possible cause. We've also not been given enough info to know that all 8 are firing. Or that the timing is anywhere close. Or that there isn't some other unknown. Lots of new and replaced parts doesn't mean they're all good. The last 3 times I've done tuneups on other vehicles, I have more bad sparkplugs and wires than I've ever had in the past... Today's parts-store parts are garbage (even known brands once considered good) and cause plenty of trouble on their own. So until they're verified as working, I don't put much stock in the 'but its new' statement.