I'm brand new to this forum so forgive me if I'm plowing old ground, but the Ford Powermaster 801 I just acquired has me scratching my head.
It was running fine when it went into storage a couple years ago, but just barely after coming out. Flushed out the tank and rebuilt the carb, but now I get not even a pop. [i:c6040266d4]It starts right up on starting fluid[/i:c6040266d4], and there's plenty of gas in the float chamber.
I've disassembled the carb and cleaned it with carb cleaner and compressed air (several times), and when I blow on the gas inlet and raise the float, it shuts off nicely, so that seems to be working.
With good ignition and gas in the bowl, I should at least get an engine that's trying to start, but nothing until I give it a blast of starting fluid. It runs until that is gone, then quits.
One other thing: I made the rookie mistake of stripping the sediment bowl gas fitting, so now have an inline filter, but gas runs through that just fine on gravity and as I say, gas is definitely getting to the carb.
Help!!
Thanks,
Gary
It was running fine when it went into storage a couple years ago, but just barely after coming out. Flushed out the tank and rebuilt the carb, but now I get not even a pop. [i:c6040266d4]It starts right up on starting fluid[/i:c6040266d4], and there's plenty of gas in the float chamber.
I've disassembled the carb and cleaned it with carb cleaner and compressed air (several times), and when I blow on the gas inlet and raise the float, it shuts off nicely, so that seems to be working.
With good ignition and gas in the bowl, I should at least get an engine that's trying to start, but nothing until I give it a blast of starting fluid. It runs until that is gone, then quits.
One other thing: I made the rookie mistake of stripping the sediment bowl gas fitting, so now have an inline filter, but gas runs through that just fine on gravity and as I say, gas is definitely getting to the carb.
Help!!
Thanks,
Gary