New member from Southeast Missouri

[Gary Lewis]

It is pretty easy to check to see that you have the ball and the weight.  Without both of those the accelerator pump won't work, which is what you have.

[Weberman]

Well the accelerator pump was still a problem but the carb may have been alright. I took the boosters and jets out and I ultrasonic cleaned them and there was a decent amount stuff that came off, little surprising for only being a couple years old. I put it all back together and the pump worked. Pumped the pedal a couple times and it was definitely stronger but still died. I then for the heck of it turned the distributor some and it lasted a bit longer, turned it more and it idled barely. I thought it was weird that it didn't go directly back onto the oil pump shaft but it was close to where I left it but I guess it got off one. Runs good now

[Gary Lewis]

I'll take "Runs good now" to mean the problem appears to be solved.  Right?  If so, yippee!  

[Weberman]

Yes the timing was very retarded, probably 0 or beyond. Its around 10/12 right now and starts good. We'll see once I get everything tuned where the final timing goes. Pulls about 17" on the vacuum gauge now so I'm happy with that, especially with the cam.

[Gary Lewis]

Excellent!  

[ArdWrknTrk]

Are you going to stab the distributor back in the right place, or just move all the plug wires one position over?

[Weberman]

Well I'm not too sure what correct actually is.. half the pics I find are where it is currently and the other half is where it was.

[ArdWrknTrk]

I usually try to have #1 end up around 1:00-1:30 when seated.
That leaves plenty of room either side of my advance unit so I can swing it without bumping into my coil or thermostat housing.

I guess different engines might have a different sweet spot? But that works best for me.