Post by brucew on Feb 15, 2022 22:49:32 GMT -5
When helping newbies, I’ve heard guys say, “What did you do last? Go back there and see what you screwed up “. Often it leads to the problem.
My ‘48 “Lefty” had been running fine. I enjoyed starting it up and letting people listen to it idling at 450 rpm. It sounds like a Singer. I knew there was a problem with the starter, it would crank slowly but always fire up. I decided to put a different starter in it. Picked one out of my “stock” that looked pretty good and put it on. It was worse. Wouldn’t start at all now. Charging the battery helped, but only for a few minutes. I load tested the battery, and aha! Theres the problem, the battery died. What a co-inkydink. Went to town and bought a new battery. Cranks like crazy now, but will not start. What th’! Itll fire once and kick the starter drive out, but that’s it. Looked down the throat, no accelerator pump squirt. I pulled the top off, checked the float level etc, and found the pump nozzle plugged. Got the pump working but still no start. Now what? 90% of fuel problems are ignition, right? I checked the points, they were a little close so i filed them a bit and set them. Now it starts! But wait - you gotta choke the hell out of it to get it to start, and then you hafta keep playing the throttle to keep it going, and if you push the choke in even 1/4”, it dies. Now. Right Now.
So today i took the carburetor off, took it inside, and rebuilt - did I say that? More correctly, “R&R, disassemble and cleaned” it. I found the low speed jet and the idle well jet both plugged and some dirt/junk in the bowl. Im confident that when I get it back on, itll run like a new one.
Now. “Go back to what you did last”. How in the hell does changing the starter and the battery cause the carburetor to be plugged up?! 😵💫
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My ‘48 “Lefty” had been running fine. I enjoyed starting it up and letting people listen to it idling at 450 rpm. It sounds like a Singer. I knew there was a problem with the starter, it would crank slowly but always fire up. I decided to put a different starter in it. Picked one out of my “stock” that looked pretty good and put it on. It was worse. Wouldn’t start at all now. Charging the battery helped, but only for a few minutes. I load tested the battery, and aha! Theres the problem, the battery died. What a co-inkydink. Went to town and bought a new battery. Cranks like crazy now, but will not start. What th’! Itll fire once and kick the starter drive out, but that’s it. Looked down the throat, no accelerator pump squirt. I pulled the top off, checked the float level etc, and found the pump nozzle plugged. Got the pump working but still no start. Now what? 90% of fuel problems are ignition, right? I checked the points, they were a little close so i filed them a bit and set them. Now it starts! But wait - you gotta choke the hell out of it to get it to start, and then you hafta keep playing the throttle to keep it going, and if you push the choke in even 1/4”, it dies. Now. Right Now.
So today i took the carburetor off, took it inside, and rebuilt - did I say that? More correctly, “R&R, disassemble and cleaned” it. I found the low speed jet and the idle well jet both plugged and some dirt/junk in the bowl. Im confident that when I get it back on, itll run like a new one.
Now. “Go back to what you did last”. How in the hell does changing the starter and the battery cause the carburetor to be plugged up?! 😵💫
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