Hi All! Well, I thought things were going good and then I ran into something that"s got me stumped.I"ve got an 1950 8N that"s sat for at least 8-9 years. 1. First thing I did was drain the tyranny, (3 Plugs), oil, and change oil filter. 2. I only changed the oil in the air filter. I replaced the dry rotted rubber connections on tube between air filter and carb.
3. Then I changed the spark plugs, the spark plug wires, replaced the coil with a 12V Accel coil.
4. Installed a ballast resistor because the coil measured 1.5 ohms. 5. Installed an alternator, Pertronix ignition system, and distributor cap. 6. Installed a new 12V battery and replaced the amp gauge with a voltmeter.
7. The dust cover that was in the distributor didn"t fit with the Pertronix, so I left that out. 8. Replaced all wiring and installed 12V headlamps.
9. I drained the gas and replaced the sediment bulb assembly and fuel line with new.
10. I rebuilt the carburetor with the lowest cost set (from TSC) (some gaskets and air shutter shaft). 11. I cleaned with solvent and blew out all passages in carburetor when it was apart. 12. I changed the manifold gasket and discovered when I removed the bolts, to drain the radiator. It starts right up. I’ve got the idle set to a little under 500 RPM. Full throttle is ~2000 RPM with ignition timing at 17-18 degrees. Here’s the problem, during a road test (no load just driving up a small incline) in third or forth gear, it starts to sputter, miss, and pop. I can stop on the incline with the clutch in and it runs fine. I can shift into 2nd, and it seems much better, but appears to be lacking power. I notice that there is condensate on the carb (outside) between the air shutter shaft and manifold (where it is obviously much warmer). If I choke it, it will stall Anyone have some ideas or need any more info?
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