he wants me to go down to his place and have a look at it .hes putting it away now so ill get down this winter.he lives 90 miles away or i would go now.

Be sure the vacuum line is hooked to the correct port on the carburetor and not using a vacuum source directly off of the intake manifold.

Timing the engine with a timing light?  If so, then set the timing with the vacuum advance disconnected to 8-10° BTDC.  Then hook up the vacuum advance and while still using the timing light, ensure that the ignition timing is advancing as the rpm’s are slowly increased.  If still experiencing problems, then check that the balancer ring on the damper has not slipped thus making the existing timing marks inaccurate.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

all 55

What combination of distributor and carburetor is installed? They MUST be matched as to year and system. AND the correct vacuum advance must be used. Could also be an issue with vacuum ports in carb.

Regards, JLB

55 Ford Crown Victoria Steel Top

a friend call with a problem with his 55 272 2 bbl.no power on take of his vacuum advance was shot so he replaced it.now when he starts to get up to speed the think sputs and acts up and he cant drive it unhook the advance and it works just no power.hes moved the dist, but cant get it to run right.anybody have any ideas.