[patrija]

Poorboy

I have noticed some black exhaust from the pipes lately .. didn't notice it during the stumbling, but could have been there.

When it stumbles, I CAN clutch and rev the engine. Usually I've slowed down (in fear) and regardless of what gear I put it back into it starts stumbling again. The first two times I was on the highway at around 75mph in 3rd or 4th. Today I was pulling out of a parking lot to merge while in first. It happens while both trying to gradually accelerate and hard accelerate. It REALLY doesn't like to try to hard accelerate when stumbling, so stopped trying that.

Also if it helps, I have had 3x times this week when during starting there's a bang and smoke coming from under the hood. When I pull the hood up expecting the worse, the smoke is around the carb and clears quickly. Runs fine after that.

One other thing I did today was to reduce the idle. Was idling at 1100 and dropped it to 800/900. The original two times happened at the higher idle, but today happened at the lower idle. Maybe I should raise it again.

Thanks for your patience. I'm very excited, trying to learn, and very frustrated at the same time.

Jason