352 FE stalls when coming to a stop

rider307g · Post by **rider307g** » October 12, 2009, 11:16 am

I replaced my headgaskets last month and have been wrestling with this problem and would like some help.
352 FE with a cruis-a-matic
The truck runs and idles fine when in park, when you drive the truck, it runs great and runs better than ever at high rpm. When I come to a stop in gear the engine will stall. Even if I throw the trans in neutral when I am rolling to the stop, the motor will shut down, unless I hit the gas. I checked the carb and vacuum lines for leaks using carb cleaner and had nothing change. Tonight I will install a new fuel filter, but like I said, at sustained speeds it is fine so I am assuming the fuel pump is OK because it doesnt starve at high rpm. It has an edlebrock intake with a 2 barrel carb.

Please help me, could I have been one tooth off when putting the distributor in? could I have a vacuum leak where the intake manifold meets the heads?

Obsa · Post by **Obsa** » October 12, 2009, 12:51 pm

You said it has an Edelbrock intake and a 2 barrel carb, is it the original carb? Did you remove a vacuum dashpot from the original setup? Some cars and trucks equipped with automatic transmission had them. It is there to prevent stalling in just the situation you describe.

rider307g · Post by **rider307g** » October 12, 2009, 1:17 pm

This issue just came up after replacing the head gaskets. It ran great before, but I would imagine when I took off the manifold I could have done something to the carb.