Went on a short trip today about 10 miles round trip. Everything was fine until about a mile an a half from the house. Had to shift down a gear and when I let out the clutch and gave it gas I had big puff of smoke come out from under the engine I was told by a friend. Every time I would give gas the engine would start to die and I would have to push the clutch in to rev up the engine to get it to move. Also it would die on me if I tried to keep going at a constant speed if that makes since.
Any ideas what is the problem could be? Could it be the carb or dist. I just don't want to hear that it is time to rebuild engine?
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