Sounds like you fixed most of the problem.
Do you have A/C?
Is it stalling only when the A/C compressor is engaged?
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No AC. Just my windows, cowl/underdash vent and 65 mph.
Have you checked the breaker plate for movement?
from your discreptions it sounds like the bushings are bad or it needs to be lubed.
It will make it run poorly and stall when it can't advance or retard the timing with the vac advance control.
Could be why you were having that 60* problem.
PB
The 60* problem was fixed by replacing all the electronic ignition stuff.
On a cold start up how long do you let it idle before putting it into gear? Do you just start it up and drop it into gear then it dies????
I always let it warm up for at least 30 sec - 1 minute (today I let it warm up through 1/2 of
Let it Be by the Beatles
) . And when it was getting really bad (back in my 7-attempts-just-to-get-out-of-the-parking-lot days), I'd even let it warm up a full two minutes/until the needle came off the "C" on the temp gauge.
You may not have your choke setup up properly now. I had the same carb you do, and at cold start up the choke would make it idle roughly 1000rpm, then after a min or two I would reve the motor and it would come down to ~700rpm. Does yours do this?
Actually, I think the choke (sort of) was part of the problem today. I don't think I tapped the gas before starting it up so the choke didn't engage and it was idling really low (around 700 rpm - but yes, it normally idles higher then after a little while if I tap the gas, the idle drops down - it didn't do it this afternoon, though) so when I put it in gear, the idle dropped even lower. We did a little more tweeking with the carb and I'm going to make a conscious effort to make sure I stomp the gas before starting it up (I generally do anyway, but this was just one of those oddball days) and let it warm up a full minute before putting it in gear.
That said, something still isn't right. There's still too much of a difference between the idle in park/neutral and when I put it in gear. To get it to idle around 700 - 800 in gear, the idle is around 1500 - 1600 in park/neutral. There's practically nothing left on the engine to replace/fix so it's got to be something in the tranny. I've already got the tranny rebuild kit already and I have 3 days off next weekend so we're going to try to get the tranny out of my parts car and start rebuilding it then.
And I'm still really hating this car right now.
-Chelle
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