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Old 11-07-2017, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by roadnsky View Post
When was the last time you rebuilt and/or cleaned the carb?
It might be trying to tell you something...
In the boxes of parts, I had 2 old, cruddy carburetors. I sent one off to a place in New Jersey to be cleaned, stripped, anodized, and rebuilt. I called to check on status about once a month and heard it was all ready and would be shipped out to me tomorrow. After 6 or 7 months, I just gave up and called it a loss. I cleaned the other one up and used it to start the motor the first time. About that time, somebody was selling a "Moyer rebuilt" carb that he had been carrying as a spare for 3 years, having never installed it. I managed to win the bidding at $100. It showed up in the original packing, having never been opened, so I installed it.

I haven't rebuilt the other one per se, but took it all apart, cleaned everything and blew out all of the passages, so it works pretty well now as a spare.
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