ford 861 rich at startup

Fjordman1995 · Aug 8, 2016

Carb was cleaned and kit installed, now black smoke on start up and runs rich at first, but develops good idle and power after it warms up.

I set it up according to the manual, but I don't want to alter it too much.

It has a marvel carb I can't remember the model. Do these carbs have a history of problems?

Thanks,

Warren

sunbeam · Aug 8, 2016

Pull the hose from the air cleaner to see if there is fuel after sitting.

Fjordman1995 · Aug 8, 2016

There was before the rebuild, checked the float; it was ok. After rebuild a little gas in tube then dropped the float 1/16" and no more fuel in tube. Haven't checked it since the week-end.

Fjordman1995 · Aug 9, 2016

So I checked for fuel in the inlet tube and there was some. So its flooding somewhat. I tested the float by putting it in some hot water and
watching for bubbles and there weren't any. Also, shook it when I first got it out and didn't feel anything sloshing in the float.

I bent the tang a little to lower the level of the gas and when I had it apart I blew in the inlet and the float was stopping air going
through.

Is there something I am missing? Any other way to check if the fuel is being controlled correctly?

Thanks,

Warren

Fjordman1995 · Aug 9, 2016

Whoops entered reply in the message from a couple days ago.

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