FarmerBlair
Member
Hi all,
I had a valve job done and just installed the head back into my Ford 861 gas. Re-installed the tank, carb, etc. but had a hard time starting it until I pulled the choke all the way to the max. Then once it started, if I let in the choke just a little bit, the engine would stop running. I tried letting it run a bit at full choke but no change after letting it warm up some.,..it still just died. If I pulled out the choke just before it stalled, it would start running again. There was not a lot of smoke, but the rpm's were probably around 800 (no tach) at min throttle so it wasn't idling. The carburetor was just rebuilt by Royse so it should be good. I tried adjusting the carburetor anyway but it made no difference. I opened the plug at the bottom of the carb, and there was plenty of gas flow. The valve cover was off at the time as I was going to adjust the tappets at operating temp until this problem.
Any ideas on what the problem is? It didn't do this before the head was removed.
Thanks in advance!
I had a valve job done and just installed the head back into my Ford 861 gas. Re-installed the tank, carb, etc. but had a hard time starting it until I pulled the choke all the way to the max. Then once it started, if I let in the choke just a little bit, the engine would stop running. I tried letting it run a bit at full choke but no change after letting it warm up some.,..it still just died. If I pulled out the choke just before it stalled, it would start running again. There was not a lot of smoke, but the rpm's were probably around 800 (no tach) at min throttle so it wasn't idling. The carburetor was just rebuilt by Royse so it should be good. I tried adjusting the carburetor anyway but it made no difference. I opened the plug at the bottom of the carb, and there was plenty of gas flow. The valve cover was off at the time as I was going to adjust the tappets at operating temp until this problem.
Any ideas on what the problem is? It didn't do this before the head was removed.
Thanks in advance!