Just got around to trying it out and it’s getting gas, the cylinder is loosening up (kind of tight before), but not getting spark. I think I’ll clean the points and try again tomorrow.
I think they were a little stuck from sitting for so long, but it seems good now. I got a new spark plug and it’s running now, and pumping water good, but no matter how I twist the fuel mix, it won’t run right. Any leaner and it backfires, any richer and it stumbles and wants to die.
Ok, I think I found the culprit. There was a HUGE air leak behind the carb, so I ordered some new gasket material make a new one. I’ll try to make sure not to touch the exhaust, or the spark plug for that matter. I learned my lesson on my crappy Elgin… Those things hurt…
Just got back to the Waterwitch, I’ve just been so busy lately. I took apart the carb since it still wasn’t running quite right even after I fixed that air leak. Took apart the float bowl and a whole bunch of rust poured out… There was a little surface rust in the tank, but I didn’t think too much of it… Oops… Now it runs fine after I tuned the carb (I also didn’t realize there were 2 jets, I thought the other one was a drain…). Now my friend’s dad wants it to power his little 10′ aluminum rowboat.
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