after having just installed a new coil, distributor, points, plugs, plug cables, and new wiring to the generator, my truck ran fine.
tonight while running an errand, my 235 kept trying (and in some cases succeeding) to shut off. an initial inspection shows a slight fuel leak from between the top and middle of my rochester carb. the mixture was adjusted to just slightly leaner than the initial rebuild setting. (1 and 1/2 turns out)
when i installed the new distributor, i had set the timing (with the advance off) to 8 Deg BTDC. I was told originally that at my altitude (about 5500'ASL) my engine would run best between 5-10 Deg.
The last two days, it has run almost perfectly. until now.
The symptoms of tonight included the following:
1.) Stalling, 2.)trouble starting, 3.) some backfiring at one point, 4.) having to pull the choke to keep the engine running, 5.)having to rev the engine higher than normal to take off from a light.
from looking at these symptoms, i am still thinking its one of three things: timing, incorrect float adjustment, or faulty advance?
this is the only truck i have to get around with, and i need to keep it alive and running. PLEASE HELP!!!!!
