>
> - Although there appear to be two flared vacuum connections on the
>distributor,
> one on either side, in the diagram, I only see one, on the aft side.
>
I can not tell you which years had both an advance and a retard can, and which
years had just the retard. Your description is right for a retard only system.
> - I can't find the little post on the carb that the vacuum line is supposed
>to go onto.
>
> - In fact, the only place that such a post could fit is a small gunked up hole
> on the part of the carb that attaches to the block...on the rear carb. The
> TRF diagram shows such a post on the FRONT carb.
It should be on the mounting flange, front carb, on the *bottom*. If your car
also had an advance, it would go to a fitting on the top.
> Would essentially not having a vacuum system contribute to the woes that I
> mentioned above? Did an unknown PO screw me over? And, lastly, am I going to
> have to yank the carbs and switch them in order to get this to work?
> Thanks for any and all help and even laughter. :-)
The lack of advance/retard would not cause your symptoms, but a disconnected
vacuum line would. What you described is the classic symptoms of running
lean, a vacuum leak.
> -JB and Amanda, confused in Beantown.
>
Randy
randy@taylor.wyvern.com
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