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In neutral or reverse I can open my throttle all the way just fine, but when I shift all the way forward the carburetors open but it's like I'm only at half throttle. I checked the carbs also and they are clean as a whistle. Sparkplugs look to be firing nicely and runs good on my hose pipe...
I set the points at a distance of .02. I put flywheel back on a give it a pull, it'll spark once or twice but never every crank. I take flywheel back off and points are touching or gapped too far apart. What am I doing wrong to set these points? Is the gap suppose to move like this?
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I've gotten my old motor to fire but can't get it to run, First off I don't have a pressure tank so I have a single hose fuel line going directly to the carb, w/ the tank placed higher than the motor to allow gravity feed. spark plugs are brand new and sparking. I allow gas into the carb and...
I've been reading the post on pressurized tanks but did not see if anyone has ever tried to make there own. The tanks need to hold only about 2-3 PSI so I was thinking of making one out of a plastic tank. Just wondering how exactly are they made and what I need to build it. Do I need a check...
