Randall,
I sprayed carb cleaner on everything, used an acid brush, a pipe
cleaner, or the wire from a twist tie for the little passages. I then
again sprayed the carb cleaner and it came out the other ends of the
various passages. While things were gummed up, I did not find any
really hard deposits that the carb cleaner couldn't soften, so I expect
I have everything. I actually rebuilt it 1.5 times because the first
time I didn't take apart the float to remove the inlet valve seat. It
his some crud and was swollen, so I had to replace it then the engine
started and ran. The idle mixture valve seems set right and is the same
number of turns out as the demo videos on youtube and there is not much
to mess up.
The nice thing about this style carb is that it is very simple. I hope
some fresh gas will make the difference.
Brian
On 11/29/2013 8:47 PM, Randall wrote:
>
>
>> I replaced the
>> fuel lines
>> and rebuilt the carb, including replacing the inlet
>> valve/seat and now
>> it idles, but does not run well without the choke.
> Did you actually poke something through all the passages, or just soak them
> in cleaner? Last time I had that problem (a vertical
> shaft mower that had been left full of fuel), the main jet had some kind of
> hard deposit that none of my solvents would touch. I
> had to literally chip it out with a dental pick. Ran fine after that.
>
> Randall
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