Re: Carb
Cougar Kitty said:
The carburator is the original. 30 years old. Autolite. I had it rebuilt when I had the motor overhauled (13,000 miles ago). Then I had it rebuilt 2 more times since then for trash in it (rust, dirt, ect.). It now has about 500 miles on it. That's why I think it's not the carb. Can a carb be overhauled too much?...I'm going to try the wd40 thing first, that's a freebee!
If you've had problems with rust, dirt, etc for the last 500 miles I would be checking my fuel filter (possibly clogged) and the tank itself as it would be the source of the rust, dirt, etc.
Remember the KISS rule and look at what is obviously wrong and fix that first. If you throw all kinds of parts at it at once you will not know what corrected the problem. If it reoccurs, as yours did then you have nothing to work from and less $$ to boot.
If you have "an extreme amount of pressure" between the carb and pump (a little is normal) then you know that the fuel pump is working and that there is a good possibility that the fuel filter is blocked.
A condensor will act just like a bad carb but you've already replaced that.
It could also be a timing chain starting to go, check that TDC on #1 is correct on the balancer.
Personally, I would replace the fuel filter first and see if that makes a difference.