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Old 07-12-2013, 09:10 PM
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I'll toss my hat into the "clean out the rest of the fuel system" (which is not much more than the tank, the sediment filter and petcock and the hoses/tubing) ring.

Fresh gas can work wonders too.

That carb is a remarkably simple affair. You could also remove the governor linkage and see if it's surging without the governor.

But I'd start with cleaning the fuel system. If the carb needed rebuilding, it does too!

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That carb is a remarkably simple affair. You could also remove the governor linkage and see if it's surging without the governor.
Why would it surge without the governor? ...... I really don't think that would help or prove anything..... Unless something in the governor is broken. But I don't think we need to go there just yet.
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Loose throttle shaft, insufficient fuel flow.....



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Why would it surge without the governor? ...... I really don't think that would help or prove anything..... Unless something in the governor is broken. But I don't think we need to go there just yet.
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Thanks. I will probably go through the carb and re-clean it. I bypassed the old fuel filter/lines just to get it started- I promised the original owner's daughter that as soon as I got it running on it's own power, I would drive it to her house. That promise was delivered Friday! She got very emotional- she recognized the sound of the motor from 2 blocks away.... very cool moment, very cool!
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Loose throttle shaft, insufficient fuel flow.....
Yeah, I know. Of course the governor is making it surge. It should stop if you unhook it.......... What's the point. It doesn't prove anything........ unnecessary test UNLESS, we suspect a bad governor gear, flyweight, etc. Which at this point we do not.
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With what all has been said about this problem so far, if this were my tractor the next thing I would do is set the points properly (not because I think that is the problem, but because (I think we can ALL agree that this little engine will not run right if the points are not set right) setting the points is much easier/faster than rebuilding a carb, plus doing this will eliminate the problem of "fiddling" back and forth between carb and points later.

Once you find out that setting the points is not the problem... Remove the carb, take it apart, blow all the passage-ways out and SOAK IT AND ALL OF ITS PARTS IN CARB CLEANER OVERNIGHT.

The next day, blow it out again and install a fresh kit, adjust the float, put it back together and put it back on the machine.

Then, when you find out that it STILL isn't running right, remove the main jet and clean the little tiny holes in it out. The tube is hollow and it needs to also be clean between the upper AND lower holes (this is where your real problem lies).

Then put the jet back in, adjust it and drive trouble free.

Just in case this doesn't fix the problem then it is sucking air from someplace.
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Then, when you find out that it STILL isn't running right, remove the main jet and clean the little tiny holes in it out. The tube is hollow and it needs to also be clean between the upper AND lower holes (this is where your real problem lies).
Save yourself time and just do this when the carb is off and apart... No sense in removing it twice.
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