Does anyone know what the final word was with this post?
In taking my carb off this weekend, I too found a paper gasket attached to the carb insulator.
Here's is a pic that shows some gaskets.
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Does anyone know what the final word was with this post?
In taking my carb off this weekend, I too found a paper gasket attached to the carb insulator.
Here's is a pic that shows some gaskets.
Usually you can reuse old Carb gasket (ya, the one bonded to the spacer/heat shield).
If you have a carb to gasket leak, a little ether (starting fluid) spray will rev the engine letting you know to replace the gasket (or toss the new one down, giving a little more cushion effect).
Finally got my carb back together this past weekend. It was gunked up from 5 year old gas. Amazing it ever started on the old stuff. Tanked in Carb cleaner, new gaskets, new float (OEM items). Managed to pull a stupid stunt, dropped the new float and in stepping back to see where it went... stepped on it! Bent the arm, but everything together... float level above the window. Drat. Pulled carb, adjusted float. Float level still too high! Pull and adjust and float TOO LOW. Grrrrr.... Pulled carb top (faster if you don't drop anything) adjust float again.... dead on! Nicely centered between top and low metal spots... hint get on your knees to look at float straight on to see it correctly.
Well the small "hairpin" clip on the choke to throttle linkage went flying. DRAT! I have a package of those from old carb kits, but can not locate any. Hmmm. While looking for the clip, glanced down at the distributor and noticed... #5 and #6 plug leads were swapped. ???? I really do not remember how that happened, even worse is OEM distributor caps have the # on them, as do OEM plug wires.... yet they were swapped.
Fired up... and just purred! Was able to set idle at 400 rpm without any problems.
Favorite carb tool... my stubby 12mm wrench! Nice thing about pulling/adjust float/replacing carb to get that float level just right... after 5 times it only takes 20 minutes.
Still need to tackle the fuel tank (plugged lines, did the gas can trick to get it running).
If you have a carb to gasket leak, a little ether (starting fluid) spray will rev the engine letting you know to replace the gasket (or toss the new one down, giving a little more cushion effect).
Finally got my carb back together this past weekend. It was gunked up from 5 year old gas. Amazing it ever started on the old stuff. Tanked in Carb cleaner, new gaskets, new float (OEM items). Managed to pull a stupid stunt, dropped the new float and in stepping back to see where it went... stepped on it! Bent the arm, but everything together... float level above the window. Drat. Pulled carb, adjusted float. Float level still too high! Pull and adjust and float TOO LOW. Grrrrr.... Pulled carb top (faster if you don't drop anything) adjust float again.... dead on! Nicely centered between top and low metal spots... hint get on your knees to look at float straight on to see it correctly.
Well the small "hairpin" clip on the choke to throttle linkage went flying. DRAT! I have a package of those from old carb kits, but can not locate any. Hmmm. While looking for the clip, glanced down at the distributor and noticed... #5 and #6 plug leads were swapped. ???? I really do not remember how that happened, even worse is OEM distributor caps have the # on them, as do OEM plug wires.... yet they were swapped.
Fired up... and just purred! Was able to set idle at 400 rpm without any problems.
Favorite carb tool... my stubby 12mm wrench! Nice thing about pulling/adjust float/replacing carb to get that float level just right... after 5 times it only takes 20 minutes.
Still need to tackle the fuel tank (plugged lines, did the gas can trick to get it running).
