Posted by Clarkbug on March 10, 2008 at 15:27:11 from (72.66.33.206):
Hello All.
I just wanted a little sanity check on what I was thinking, so I wanted to run it by every one.
My '49 M had the carb re-built about a year and a half ago, with not too many hours since the rebuild. However, it really doesnt like to idle much at all, unless I pull the choke most of the way out.
That to me says that the carb is just running lean, and I need to just adjust things like the manual/shop manual says. (Im not entirely sure how this will work since they say to do it with the choke off, but Ill figure it out I suppose)
So is just a carb adjustment all that I should be needing? Or is there a deeper problem going on here? Im about 400 miles away from my tractor right now, so I wanted to get any parts I would need ahead of time.
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