Elect Ign Distributor Output LOW?
KitCarlson I believe I found my issue after all, and it had nothing to do with ignition! The damn intake gasket was bad (new!) as it was leaking out the bottom where I could not shoot carb cleaner into to alter the idle quaility. Once I got that replaced the idle quality perked right up and I was able to get a steady idle with just a little wiggle of the vacuum gauge. I them took a .003 feeler gauge and proceeded to get it between every valve under the valve cover while at a slow idle and found 2 were out of spec fat and 2 were actually too tight! After I got all those ironed out, my idle is smooth once again, the vacuum gauge is nailed at 20" and I can get the carb to idle with only 1/4 turn of the curb idle screw. I suspect this gasket was vintage 1975 as the box was very dry and the gasket felt like a piece of brittle parchment? I cut one out of an old album cover and its working great. About the same material as the carb gasket is made of.