I'm Outta Touch, I'm Outta Time

[MotownMachine]

UPDATE:

So I've tested some of your helpful suggestions and a problem still remains, although it is driving better than a couple weeks ago.

It seems to be getting plenty of fuel into the carb. I pulled the drain plug and got a healthy gush. I've tested the coil and got a healthy blue spark. A compression test proved even compression.

I took it for a couple loops around the neighborhood, and it is still falling in and out of good running. I got it to idle well and shift up into third without trouble on the level road. However, it will jump back into its old ways, suck air in and struggle to get back into second.

The one thing it will consistently do is struggle on hills. It does not stall or cough like it is lacking fuel, but it starts to chug like a steam engine. I live in a hilly town and prior to these problems it had no problem climbing a hill in second.

The one thing I have noticed that I do not know the right answer to is, how much play is allowed in the various distributor components? I noticed the rotor and cam have some play to them and the whole distributor itself has a little play despite the screw being tightened down.

[katy]

Originally Posted by MotownMachine

It seems to be getting plenty of fuel into the carb. I pulled the drain plug and got a healthy gush.

After the 'gush', did the fuel keep flowing w/a good stream? Or did it peter out to a trickle?

[MotownMachine]

Originally Posted by katy

After the 'gush', did the fuel keep flowing w/a good stream? Or did it peter out to a trickle?

I don't remember how long it ran, but I kept the shutoff open for probably somewhere between five and ten seconds

[Mike1291]

Originally Posted by MotownMachine

I took it for a couple loops around the neighborhood, and it is still falling in and out of good running. I got it to idle well and shift up into third without trouble on the level road. However, it will jump back into its old ways, suck air in and struggle to get back into second.

Does your engine randomly do this or does it only do this when it's warmed up?

[1crosscut]

Any chance of you borrowing a known good distributor and carburetor as I suggested in post #20?

[Jeff/Illinois]

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Also on secondary filters (and I agree with Gary, if you need that something else is the problem, dirty gas, dirty tank, that is a band aid fix) use a fuel filter designed for 'no pressure' fuel lines, a metal encased filter don't park a plastic bodied filter next door to that hot manifold.
Unless you have your insurance paid up

[MotownMachine]

Originally Posted by 1crosscut

Any chance of you borrowing a known good distributor and carburetor as I suggested in post #20?

I had borrowed a carb from a friend, but I could barely get the car to start with his on. I didn't want to mess with his, so I just gave it back.

I have a good carb on my sedan that I can try when I get the opportunity

[1crosscut]

Yes, try the good one you have on your sedan and if that doesn't help then try the distributor that you have on your sedan assuming it runs well.