[AT] Ford 1841 fuel problem

[Dean VP]

Lew,

I'm not familiar with this specific carburetor but I would expect the jets to be clean.
What is suspect IMHO is all the (hidden) passages that are hard to get to behind plugs
etc.  Do you have a exploded diagram of all the passages in the carburetor?

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

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Thanks Steve

I run copper wire (= soft; not going to scratch the jets) thru them & then blow them out
with about 125 psi compressed air.  I will be sure to check the gaskets though.

Lew near Waco, TX


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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Steve W.
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Lew Best wrote:
> Thanks Charlie
> 
> No air cleaner on it right now.  I have a low pressure pump on a mower 
> &
can
> rob temporarily & try; may just do that & see what happens.
> 
> Lew near Waco, TX
> 

I would run a guitar string through the jets and passages. Then make sure that the gaskets
are correct. Had an small engine a few years ago that a guy rebuilt that would run for
less than a minute and died. 
Turned out that one of the fuel passages was partly blocked by a miss punched hole.
--
Steve W.

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