Re: no idle w/out help stalls when dropped in gear =
Do you know if the carbs were ever cleaned, how long the engine sat, was it winterized properly, was fuel stabilizer added? I agree with CATransplant it sounds like dirty carbs. You can soak them in carb cleaner or you can get someinthing called Chem Dip from AutoZone or the like. It has a basket for all your parts. When you soak the carbs make sure you take out all gaskets, plastic pieces and orifices. You will need to make a special tool that will fit into the opening to unscrew the orifice. Once you do this put each high speed, low speed and mid speed (if you have all of these) in zip lock bags that are labeled so you don't mix them up. Soak each orific separately so you don't mix them up. Use a can of carb cleaner to clean out all the passages and then if you have a small compressor blow out the passages. Don't forget to take the seat out of the float valve as well. You can usually do this with a blast of air from am compressor.
