so i just got an 87 carbed gl it was running poorly, decent at an idle and good at 4000 and up but the mid range was doggish and with a slight mis. plugs were really really bad so i replaced them figured the wires should be retired as well new rotor and cap. it made and improvement but still has no power. im thinking the distributor may be shot i can turn the rotor by hand 10 or 20 degrees and its very clunky and doesn't spring back. ive never messed with a subi dist. but i know vw dist. are not suppose to be like that. i checked the vac advance by sticking on a section of hose and sucking i could see the arm wiggle but not advance. car quest wants $320 for a dist. whats my best course of action from here?

If you are in the PDX area, I think I have a spare (or two) carbed distributor that you can try; if it works, I'll sell it for a good price.

thanks for the offer but i went to pull a part and got a decent bosch distributor for $30

 

after swapping distributors i thought i would fix the high idle and turns out the vacuum lines are not hooked up correctly so now i have to try and figure out were it went wrong. does anybody have any tips on how to make it a bit easier. and could there be any other causes for high idle, a dead spot when you hit the throttle and a mis