So I got the starter and installed it, I had already installed the ignitor and flamethrower all this on the 58' f100 with a 292.  I wrote about all the problems I was having, well here is were I am.  With all that done and the timing restored to where it was before everything went terribly wrong it starts up again.  The only problem is it is poping and will not idle unless I give it a good amount of gas and have the choke on.  The second I go to see what is going on under the hood it dies.  Where do I go from here.  I know that I need to rebuild the carb but it was drive able just two weeks ago, so that is not the real problem.  I would love to have it run long enough to dial in the timing and then I can take the carb off and rebuild it.  Any suggestions?

1958 F100 292

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