[Amc-list] Rambler won't idle right

["Thomas Garner" <Tgarner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey guys,
 Got another problem with my 64 Rambler Classic. (232 engine)
It's actually been a problem for a while.

 First, on the recommendation from somebody on this list, I plugged off the vacuum line that is between the two back cylinders and ran everything off the vacuum hole in the center, below the carburetor. (I think this helped)
 
 I have a friend (older shade tree mechanic fellow)who helped me adjust the timing and then the carburetor. He gets it to idle perfectly. (He adjusts the carb, then goes back to the exhaust pipe and listens for sputter, then he adjusts and listens, etc, etc. He keeps doing this till there is no sputter from the tail pipe) 
 Then I take it down the road and get it up to speed. After running it for a while, I notice that pulling up to a stop sign or red light, it is no longer idling smooth. It's seems to be missing and sputtering pretty bad at times. It's not consistent either. Pull up to a light and it might idle fine and then the next light it might idle rough and the next one a little rougher and the next one be fine again. I take it back and he adjusts the carb again until it runs smooth and then it does it all over again.
 We ran through the entire engine looking for vacuum leaks, checking compression while hot and cold, new points, plugs, wires, cap, rotor and making sure the carb is good. (Two rebuilt carbs, one from Advanced and one from Ebay.)
 
 Neither he nor I are pro mechanics and are not certain why it's doing this. 
 He believes it may be a problem with the vacuum advance on the distributor, but he's not sure.
 Any ideas on what may be causing this?

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