jess4795

Alright got the distributor in and timed at 8* but still idles at 2k rpms. Found out that the high rpms at start up was a stuck automatic choke. Got that fixed. Now when I try and drive the beast, it dies when I let off the clutch. The car will go forward for a few feet, stutters and then dies. I can start it right back up but it does the same thing. Not sure where to go from here. Thanks for all the help getting the timing.

The car definitely goes well past 3k when I try and start it up. And yea I should have left the distributor in the car, but thought that we had to take it out to replace the head gaskets. Next time not doing that I have taken the distributor out and placed it back in multiple times and tried each time to turn it from there only to get the same results. Thanks for the idle tip, will try that out. Same with checking for vacuum leaks. I think that the problem might be with the carb.

I'm having trouble getting the ignition timing correct on my 1985 Subaru GL (carburated). I just replaced the head gaskets. When i put the timing belts back on, I lined them up with the three notches and they are 180 degrees off from each other. But, when I set the flywheel at 0 (TDC) and place the distributor with the rotor at the first cylinder with the vacuum tube off; the car either idles at about 500 rpms or revs up fast towards 7000 rpms. When I can get the car to idle at 750 rpms the accelerator does nothing. No increase in engine out put. And timing is either 10 degrees retarded or i can't see the timing at all. When I rotate the distributor to where I get the timing to be around where it's supposed to be, the idle sits at about 3000 rpms. At this point I try to mess with the idle on the carb, but still have not had any luck getting the both the idle and timing to match up. Am I missing a step here? Or any other ideas?