ARRGH! Won't idle & stalls...........

[KivaKid]

I'm sure some will guess that I have the 258 with the Carter BBD. She was running fine when the driveshaft fell out a month ago. Now that that's fixed, she won't run worth cr*p. Fine at higher RPMs. I wonder if the driveshaft hit something like a fuel line (kink) when it was bouncing (ouch!). Or it could be something altogether different. It will idle erradically until I gun it, then it will just rev up and come all the way down dead. If I drive, it stalls every time I'm coming to a stop/letting engine go to idle from higher RPMs. ARRGH! Pretty sure no vacuum leaks, at least there weren't any! :mad:

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[Jeepzilla]

See my post April 18th--"solved my idle problem". You can search the tech forum archives. This the same problem I had. Your idle tubes are plugged with dirt, don't know if is related to driveshaft problem... Terry's article is very good. Follow the steps (easy). Be sure to stuff a rag in the carb throat to prevent dropping screws into the engine. (Take them out again. :D ) Took me about an hour.

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[Waggie82lim]

I would say a good carb cleaning would be good, also check your throttle linkage.