Tom Maslar
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2011
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- 137
:facepalm:I bought a rebuild kit for the carb because I could not get the carb idle low enough to be a good idle for shifting. The motor would knock and cut out depending on which way the screws where turned. I have had it dialed in perfectly, so I am familiar with tuning it. The carb kit did not come with a thin enough float chamber to carburetor body boss gasket. Thats the round gasket that goes on the high speed nozzle. The two choices in the carb kit were twice as thick as the original. There was also a black chunky o-ring in the kit with the same diameter hole as the other two. Since the two obvious choices did not fit I put on the black o-ring. Put carb together and will hold a prime--somewhat. I can get the bulb firmer by squeezing and I can actually see fuel running out the mouth of the carb when I squeeze on the primer bulb to make it even firmer. It ran but I have same problem as before. I cant get a low idle and she loads up and pops and or knocks as I hoplessly try to get it dialed in. I took the carb off again and will try and investigate the high speed nozzle gasket but I dont see that solving my problem? On a side note I see two lead shot and a third hole with no shot that at one point fuel came out of when I squeezed the bulb. The schematic shows only one lead shot?? HEEEEEELLLLPPPP MEEEEE!:facepalm:
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