Im working on a 74 Pinto 2.3 for my wife which was stored for 14 years. Only needed a few things to make it roadworthy. Being its a 74 in the kingdom of CA, I removed all the smog stuff and vacuum lines and ran the distributor vacuum advance straight to ported vacuum off the bottom of the carb. Have installed a complete new tuneup kit, points, plugs, condenser, rotor, cap and plugs etc. Problem is, I cannot get it to idle. It is very rough and smooths out if I close down the choke plates or give it a bit of throttle. It acts like it has a vacuum leak at idle but there are no open points, everything is capped off. Ive had two other mechanics look at it and we are all puzzled. Any suggestions will be GREATLY appreciated!
Mark