LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

67Dart273 said

Son this is no way to fix a problem. The gap in the distributor is not what "fixed" this. What you had or have somewhere is an air leak. Period. There is only one way to get high RPM. That is an air leak. That air leak can be anywhere, including through the carburetor. Regardless of timing or mixture, the reason an engine runs at higher RPM is air into the engine. It might be as simple as (pull out of the blue) stuck/ misaligned/ etc secondary throttle blades. Might be the carb body is loose on the throttle plate.

What you have done here is changed "something" and you and I know not what, which changed the problem.

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First, don't "son" me. Second I checked everywhere for vacuum leaks, there wasn't one. I didn't just change "something" the ONLY thing different the last time from every other time was the gap change. Period. And yes, this is a way to fix a problem because what I had was a problem, and what I don't have anymore is a problem. But please continue to move those elitist fingers all over your keyboard, I could care less. I tested everything and the last thing I checked was the pickup gap, and then that worked.

In case you're too ignorant to care or actually read I didn't have an engine idling high on its own issue, I had a COULD NOT BRING IDLE DOWN issue. Have a nice day. Or don't, for you I could really care less at this point.