Hey guys,
I have a 1954 3100 with the original 235, I’ve recently upgraded the hydra-matic for a th350 and went from points to HEI, ran great for a little while then I noticed the truck starting to be sluggish when accelerating from a stop. You almost have to feather the pedal but once she’s moving it doesn’t seem to be sluggish.
Did some poking around and found the carb insulator has a couple cracks in it.
Would those cracks cause the engine to be sluggish off the start?
Other odd thing is when I had the HEI added the guy put new plugs in it, so they’ve only had 50-80 miles on them and they are now totally fouled, completely black so I know the truck is running extremely rich. I also have black carbon/fuel coming out of the tailpipe.
Do you think I have a carb problem or timing problem?
Appreciate it in advance!
John
