Well, I just partially took apart the carb. Replaced the diaphragm, checked the choke and sprayed it with WD40. checked the coolant flow to the choke (water choke). Cleaned and replaced the plugs and checked for anything out of the ordinary.

SAME REACTION ON STARTUP

In idle: cough, sputter, dead (even after giving it some gas)

Oh, and LOTS of smoke) black.

I will proceed and replace the coil and condensor, but my primitive mechanic skills tell me that the carb is probably DEAD.

Now www.webercarburetors.com has my conversion kit for:
$495 !!!

Does anyone out there know of a cheaper source ?

Thanks,

AARON ROCHARD

1976 230.4 W115