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Can I persuade you to shoot some starting fluid in the idle mixture screw ports



Yes I will give that a try. But here is an update on where the engine stands. I put on the new coil last night and it didn't seem to make any difference. This afternoon I gave it another start and it's firing on all cylinders so I put a light on it and got it running pretty smooth but the rpms still dropped a little far when I put it in gear, down to about 500-600rpm. I decided to go for a spin around the block to see how the engine responded. As I was pulling out of the driveway I feathered the gas petal and took my foot off and it kept giving gas while the rpms went up from about 1000 to about 1200. I had to keep my foot hard on the break to keep from running into something. It would give gas for about 3 seconds and then go back down. So now I guess it isn't a spark issue. It seems like the carb is giving too much fuel now.

-ERIC