Stupid Distributor Questions

redfastback said

George,
Popping thru the carb sounds like the float drop is way too low. Can you take a pic of the carb to show us the vacuum port? How are the idle mixture screws set?

In regards to an electronic unit, the plugs stay the same at .035, the curve I believe is about 27-30*(i.e. 8 initial=35-38 total). You could go that route but I would personally fix the carb issue first. The elec. ign will not cure that issue.

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Float drop? You mean maybe they're set too low? I can raise the floats a bit to get them parallel with the carb top. I think I remember lowering them in the summer when the car wouldn't start.

I don't have my camera home, it's at work, but the carb is an AVS. There is one large port for the PCV valve, and one small port for the vacuum advance.
There is only one adjustment screw in the center of the carb, and it is a left hand thread screw. It is set about 1 full turn out.

Adam and Cosgig, thanks for the info.

George