ClassicCar

i just got it running last night after allot of work but

it dosent run well, it misses and im not quite sure why?

i took out number one spark plug, turned the engine over by hand untill
i felt compression then matched the up dead center mark on the dampener with the pointer on the timeing chain cover, then rotated the distributor untill the points were just opening makeing sure the vacume advance and the mecanical advance were in there default positions and were not binding up. the points are gaped.020 and the plugs are .025.
i then found out wich hole in the cap was number one by compareing it to the roter, after that i checked the rotation of the engine and the roter so
i could conect the spark plug wires correctley to the fireing order
1-5-3-6-2-4.


the engine has the correct amount of oil a full radiator and good oil pressure and fired up niceley on prime and then ran on its own after
fuel filled the lines i havent done a compression test yet but im sure all
the cylinders are going to be below 105 psi. the fuel is reguler unleaded
i just thought of this after i bought it, should it be somthing else?

i tried to tune the carburator up, the manual says to bump the idle down
to about 7 to 8 mph but i just adjusted it by ear. then it says to screw the
fuel mixture screw in untill the engine leans out and runs rough then back it back out untill the engine "rollls" then back in untill it runs smooth. after that it says to re adjust the idle and then your done. i tried to do all that but i did not mess with the float level or the accelerator pump. the engine
just ran poorer the longer i messed with it and i fouled the plugs so i took them out and cleaned them with some kroll penatrateing oil then re gaped them and tried agan but no luck. i also tried a timeing lite to see were the spark was with the engine running so i could fine tune it but i could not see the marks eaven when they were cleaned. and me turning the distributor, the light i have could be a bit close range or i dont have the right angle or i am not looking at the right spot.

it didnt realy matter at that point because a reading would be so unstable i could not tell if it was because of incorrect fuel mixture or incorrect spark timeing or bolth or somthing compleatley diffrent? like oil foul, wrong gas, low compression or vacume leaks? most likeley none of the above.

i think i need new plugs for starters and some good advice or someone older then 22

thanks