by vms1942 » November 29th, 2017, 7:37 pm
I didn't have much time to work on the Mutt today, but I hooked up the hose from the air cleaner, cranked and fired up the engine, tapped the bottom of the carb and apparently I still have the gas gushing out. The engine started right up and would run for a short time, then it would flood out and die. Tomorrow I will pull the carb and check the float. I know it was free when I had the carb apart before installing it, but perhaps something is amiss.
Unfortunately I have little knowledge when it comes to carbs, so any suggestions are certainly appreciated. Now for a dumb question... The only thing I changed when I installed the carb is I eliminated the small fuel filter that threads into the carb since it was pretty beat up. Could that be allowing too much fuel to be fed into the carb?
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