PikeSlayer
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I looked at my carb. The parts all appear to be right based off the parts drawing. I included some pictures. The first 2 show the carb with the choke in the normal position:
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0353.jpg.
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0354.jpg
The 3rd shows the carb with the choke pulled out:
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0355.jpg
4 and 5 are when pushing the choke to the full closed position and what it looks like when resting against the choke arm respectively:
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0356.jpg
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0357.jpg
6 shows the choke lever pulled out:
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0358.jpg
7 shows the choke lever pushed in:
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0359.jpg
You can see that the throw of the choke knob makes the choke arm hit the air box and therefore not actuate far enough. This still doesn't address the idle issue, but like jasper said, I need to take this one step at a time. Thanks in advance for any advice!
Pappy, I had this motor running perfectly when I first put the carb back on. The only thing I can think of is that something that I didn't get out of one of the passages broke loose and is now blocking something in the idle port. It had origionally idled perfectly, I could shift it in and out of gear, and throttle up smoothly in neutral. This was all done in a barrel though, not on the water. Now, with the airbox off, no matter what I do to the idle adjustment, it wants to die off. I get that applying choke would imply that it is running lean, but I adjusted the idle screw until the motor was smoking like crazy, indicating a richer than normal mixture, but it still wouldn't stay running...
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0353.jpg.
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0354.jpg
The 3rd shows the carb with the choke pulled out:
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0355.jpg
4 and 5 are when pushing the choke to the full closed position and what it looks like when resting against the choke arm respectively:
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0356.jpg
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0357.jpg
6 shows the choke lever pulled out:
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0358.jpg
7 shows the choke lever pushed in:
https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s450/PikeSlayer83/GEDC0359.jpg
You can see that the throw of the choke knob makes the choke arm hit the air box and therefore not actuate far enough. This still doesn't address the idle issue, but like jasper said, I need to take this one step at a time. Thanks in advance for any advice!
Pappy, I had this motor running perfectly when I first put the carb back on. The only thing I can think of is that something that I didn't get out of one of the passages broke loose and is now blocking something in the idle port. It had origionally idled perfectly, I could shift it in and out of gear, and throttle up smoothly in neutral. This was all done in a barrel though, not on the water. Now, with the airbox off, no matter what I do to the idle adjustment, it wants to die off. I get that applying choke would imply that it is running lean, but I adjusted the idle screw until the motor was smoking like crazy, indicating a richer than normal mixture, but it still wouldn't stay running...