Motor dies after startup.

64ragtop said

The port with NO vacuum at idle should begin to pull vacuum as you open the throttle. That is "ported vacuum" and it goes to the distributor advance mechanism. Be sure that hose (and all hoses) do not leak, and if it does NOT pull vacuum when you open the throttle I'd bet you've found the problem.

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Yeah my friend said that port only has a vacuum as RPM increases. Well, makes sense, since I read last night that the vacuum advance was to compensate for changes in load on the motor. I guess I didn't put two and two together.

And yeah, I capped off anything that wasn't being used.

Anyway, picked up 2 push rods and some spares, also a new fuel filter as well since the tank can't be dropped or cleaned just yet. That'll be next on my list of things to do, provided everything works after the rods are replaced.

Also going to put in some fresh plugs. There was a little bit of oil build up on the plugs, possibly due to the rods not being in the holes they were supposed to be in. The old plugs have spark still so might keep those as temporary spares.