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So I got the new White Standard going last night. That was pretty exciting. I've never solo'd a new start-up before. All things went pretty well except that the carb was spilling out on the top vent pretty badly upon first running. I lowered the bowl depth (2 barrel Autolite Carb) and then thought all was good.
The choke is a bit quirky, but the biggest problem I'm having seems to be run ability when going uphill or downhill. My first most obvious thought is that the bowl was starving for gas, but then when I finally got back from my trip to Town last night I opened up the top and looked in there. It was VERY full(and hot, so hot it was bubbling).
Could the bowl be filling too much after shut-down for some reason? If it is too full, wouldn't I have still been seeing fuel pouring out the top vent still? If it is still too high while running, is it spilling over into the throat and flooding it? I guess that is an obvious potential problem, but I had thought that it'd have been bubbling out the top vent if it was still set too high, no?
I was absolutely convinced that I'd set the height too low and the carb was starved for fuel on hills (when it would always stall and be tough to re-start) but then this full bowl got me thinking that it was flooding.. Color me stumped.
Thoughts? Thanks!
The choke is a bit quirky, but the biggest problem I'm having seems to be run ability when going uphill or downhill. My first most obvious thought is that the bowl was starving for gas, but then when I finally got back from my trip to Town last night I opened up the top and looked in there. It was VERY full(and hot, so hot it was bubbling).
Could the bowl be filling too much after shut-down for some reason? If it is too full, wouldn't I have still been seeing fuel pouring out the top vent still? If it is still too high while running, is it spilling over into the throat and flooding it? I guess that is an obvious potential problem, but I had thought that it'd have been bubbling out the top vent if it was still set too high, no?
I was absolutely convinced that I'd set the height too low and the carb was starved for fuel on hills (when it would always stall and be tough to re-start) but then this full bowl got me thinking that it was flooding.. Color me stumped.
Thoughts? Thanks!