Number 1 plug was black with some soot before changing rods. With adjustments of the vacuum spring to a Orange (5Hg) the new rods as stated above along with adjusting the idle speed mixture screws it runs really well now. Just ran it over 40 mins doing 70-80 down the highway from a car show and pulled 1st plug and now it is looking much better. I cleaned the plug off with a small wire brush to get a more accurate color the next time I take it out. I might even get a new set of plugs just to start fresh as I drove it running rich for about 850 miles. It would stink when idling or driving down the road with the windows down. I messed with it late last fall and I think I changed out the secondaries to match the primaries. I probably should look into that to see if that is in fact what I did. I believe I have the choke set correctly. I will keep your recommendations in mind if it stills seems rich but I would rather it be a tad rich.
