Congratulations! that was a subtle one. I'll have to remember it, because I wouldn't have come up with it on my own.
Donald. > From: "Greg Schluge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:10:07 -0500 > > I just finished troubleshooting my fuel problem and I feel that I have > uncovered a weak point in the Carb design. > [snip] > I took it apart AGAIN (about 4 times) and this time opened my parts carb and > soaked both of the floats in a can of gas. Both floated exactly the same so > they wer not sinking. So I examined both carb floats and noticed a little > wear indent in the float leaver where it hs been pressing the needle valve > for 30 years. > > I took the float lever to my buffing wheel and turned it into a mirror. The > dimple turned into a defect in the image returned. I did not want to file > it because it is a thin part. I also buffed the pin to a mirror finish. > > Re-installed the carb, and it ran perfect, default adjustments and corlor > tune showed blue for the first time ever in 5 years. > > My theory is that the float geometry provides marginal force on the valve > and the dimple provides enough lip to bind the needle with lateral pressure > and causes the needle to stick. After five years, mine finally got bad > enough to jam the needle and flood the engine. [SNIP] /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
