I can confirm that @gregj had the right idea, after blowing out the idle jet the car is not stalling at idle any more.  Not completely out of the woods, however.  It now hesitates when up shifting.

@gregj – Preliminary results, not claiming victory because that would be hubris and the gods won’t like it, however, I took the idle jet out, used the air compressor to blow it and the hole where it came from out and then ran the car for 10 minutes in the garage on idle.  Can’t take it out to road test because it’s raining but if it’s dry t…[Read more]

@gregj – Preliminary results, not claiming victory because that would be hubris and the gods won’t like it, however, I took the idle jet out, used the air compressor to blow it and the hole where it came from out and then ran the car for 10 minutes in the garage on idle.  Can’t take it out to road test because it’s raining but if it’s dry t…[Read more]

@schu – Checked the hose above the valve, it’s flowing just fine.

@edsnova – The wire thingie is still attached to the carb so that’s not the problem.  Fooled around with the carb setting before posting this and that didn’t work either.

@gregj – I’ll try blowing the idle jet out if it doesn’t involve having to dismantle the carb.  Not go…[Read more]