All, as always thanks for your replies and thoughts. I already purchased a new coil going to throw that on today. Spark plugs look good. Previously installed a new fuel line from the fuel pump to the carb, kept it away from the engine and wrapped it with insulation. But the design of the engines with the carburetor right above the exhaust manifold always leads me to think the fuel in the carburetor is boiling. Why on this 49 and not others? I don’t know. A couple of thoughts I’m going to pursue are installing a heat shield under the carb and possibly wrapping the exhaust manifold with the type of insulation that hot rodders put on open headers. My German ancestry suggest I won’t give up, lol. But will do all this one step at a time and let you know what happens!
