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Rough Idle/Put into gear and stalls

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I have a 66 mustang 289, 2100 carb. It will start up when cold but there is a slight miss, I let it warm up and put it into gear and it stalls and then won't start. I just had the carb. rebuilt. Any ideas? Dirty fuel, float level, vacuum advance? Replaced fuel filter and put an inline filter in also.
 
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Vacuum leak?
 
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Choke adjustment?
 
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Thanks guys, It was the points. They were out of adjustment, cleaned the contacts with emery cloth and reset them to .016
 
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