1968 GTS 340 with Carter AVS 4966S

Good Morning, yesterday I was finally able to set the timing after I installed the choke thermostat and got a new timing light. It took some time because there were thousands of other things to do (unfortunately not on my car).
Good news: choke set up now works great. I worked on the timing but as I set it to almost no early ignition the engine ran pretty rough, more ignition before TDC led to better running but i was not able to get the rpm down (hot engine not lower than 900rpm).
Bad news: engine got very hot and the radiator was boiling and leaking. I am not sure if the cooling circuit is working properly because it got so hot extremly quick. On the other hand the temp gauge only was in the first quarter, so I don't think this one works correct either.

To sum it up:
I am glad that the carb works including the choke set-up. Timing is fixable, cooling needs attention. Next steps: pulling the motor out and putting a new gasket kit in, new water pump, fuel pump, oil pump etc. and rebuilding the transmission.

Best
Chris

PS: During the carb rebuild i broke four different shaft screws which also led to some delay :BangHead: