[Shiny]

Originally Posted by einstein

...Shiny, bigger vacuum leaks can be as simple as a large hose that cracked or deteriorated. Brake booster or PCV hoses are the 2 biggies. Unless there's a crack in your intake manifold or an extra open port somewhere.

I will look again, thank you.

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

The first years I owned my '68 I experienced the same problem. It's an acrid, foul odor that gets into your clothes. You can smell it on yourself even when you've left the garage.
Mine was likely from blowby. It was pretty loose and my machinist later told me that somebody had previously bored the block .040" and put .030" over pistons in.
If the car hasn't really been run in 20 years maybe the rings are stuck? Maybe a little MMO and get it on the road.

I resemble that!

But honestly, I don't remember it smelling this bad in the past so I'll remain optimistic.

But then again, it never ran well until Jeff fixed the carb and I got the distributor working right.

I haven't used that Marvel stuff since the 70s... thanks for that idea.

Mike

[ta man]

Any carb bought needs the idle mixture adjusted on the engine it is going to be used on.

[ta man]

I suggest adjusting the idle mixture. I can't see how someone else can set the idle mixture before bolt on unless they have the identical engine and timing at idle.