Hi All,
I've been trying to diagnose a problem with my carb. My manual says when adjusting the idle-mix, at an idle, to turn the screw inward till the engine falters then turn it out till it runs smoothly. On mine I can turn it in all the way and the engine won't falter a bit.
Thus I decided to take it apart, clean and put in a carb kit. With it apart I noticed a couple things.
1. The brass idle jet is very boogered up. I guess the previous owner tried removing it and just made a mess. Would this cause the carb to malfunction? I wonder if any brass pieces getting behind the jet might mess things up.
With this in mind should I go ahead and try to remove it and do you have suggestions on doing this? I'm guessing I need to very very carefully drill it out but any other ideas might be good to try. Would using wd40 help unscrew it?
2. The choke and throttle shafts seem to have a bit of play. Should I be putting in bushings?
Thanks!
I've been trying to diagnose a problem with my carb. My manual says when adjusting the idle-mix, at an idle, to turn the screw inward till the engine falters then turn it out till it runs smoothly. On mine I can turn it in all the way and the engine won't falter a bit.
Thus I decided to take it apart, clean and put in a carb kit. With it apart I noticed a couple things.
1. The brass idle jet is very boogered up. I guess the previous owner tried removing it and just made a mess. Would this cause the carb to malfunction? I wonder if any brass pieces getting behind the jet might mess things up.
With this in mind should I go ahead and try to remove it and do you have suggestions on doing this? I'm guessing I need to very very carefully drill it out but any other ideas might be good to try. Would using wd40 help unscrew it?
2. The choke and throttle shafts seem to have a bit of play. Should I be putting in bushings?
Thanks!