I've had issues with the carb on my ford 8n (sn 16899?) - replaced governor and had to run with choke on constantly to keep running. Took air intake off carb and gas came running out. I took off the carb, removed the halves and have a couple questions:
1. The choke relief valve is supposed to have a spring to keep the relief valve closed - I'm not seeing any spring - (see pics).
2. The float needle valve has a clip that hangs on the float. I'm not sure I'm putting it back together correctly - the float seems to set very high (> 1/4")and it appears the needle valve/clip is holding the float higher than it should be, also, float doesn't sit parallel to the carb body (see pics). I'm hoping somebody can verify that I've got the float needle valve installed correctly before I go bending the float.
I'm very unfamiliar with carbs and don't really want to mess anything up. I've tried to identify the carb, but, not getting clear markings on the body (see forum thread: http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=nboard&th=996199). Would like to fix these issues, but, think I need to get the correct carb model to get the repair parts.
Any assistance in verifying that I've identified these issues and how to correct them would be greatly appreciated.
1. The choke relief valve is supposed to have a spring to keep the relief valve closed - I'm not seeing any spring - (see pics).
2. The float needle valve has a clip that hangs on the float. I'm not sure I'm putting it back together correctly - the float seems to set very high (> 1/4")and it appears the needle valve/clip is holding the float higher than it should be, also, float doesn't sit parallel to the carb body (see pics). I'm hoping somebody can verify that I've got the float needle valve installed correctly before I go bending the float.
I'm very unfamiliar with carbs and don't really want to mess anything up. I've tried to identify the carb, but, not getting clear markings on the body (see forum thread: http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=nboard&th=996199). Would like to fix these issues, but, think I need to get the correct carb model to get the repair parts.
Any assistance in verifying that I've identified these issues and how to correct them would be greatly appreciated.