Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
Hi All. Having trouble as follows: my 8N side mount, 6 volt is hard to start all the time (hot or cold) without the choke closed. I adjust the needles as advised, idle 1 turn out and main 1 1/2 turns out. When running, as I turn in the idle needle in to enrich, the engine sounds better, but turning it all the way in still does not make it idle smoothly or start properly. I can get it to idle at 300 to 400 rpms but it is not smooth. One observation: I have the hood off so I am running the engine without the air cleaner. Could it be running too lean regardless of what I do? As far as spark, I have hot spark with a dummy plug opened up to a 1/4 " gap and the plug wires are in the correct order.