05-10-2017, 07:25 PM
IT'S ALIVE!! I'd like to say it fired right up and ran like a Swiss watch, but that wouldn't be quite accurate. In fact, it popped twice and promptly flooded out. So I took plastic needle out of the carburetor (seemed like a good idea at the time), put the rubber tipped one back in, and lowered the fulcrum arm a hair. That did the trick. Ran it for a half hour to seat the rings. The compression is better than I had hoped.
Now I'm trying to remember what the fulcrum arm height is supposed to be, but that detail eludes recall. I have it set now so a straightedge across the carb body just touches the top of the arm, but I can't remember if that's the gas or methanol setting. Should it be a little lower for gas?
Now I'm trying to remember what the fulcrum arm height is supposed to be, but that detail eludes recall. I have it set now so a straightedge across the carb body just touches the top of the arm, but I can't remember if that's the gas or methanol setting. Should it be a little lower for gas?