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I was coming off the lake yesterday and all of a sudden, when i throttled down my idle stayed at 4000rpm. I had to go to the motor and loosen my idle adjustment screw... can that screw just self adjust to a high idle?? seemed fine after making that adjustment. also noticed the throttle was...
I checked the choke at full throttle and it wasn't open all the way. so I adjusted that now all are perfect open and closed. Starts up much nicer, have to take it to the lake to adjust the jet settings now.
compression 120-119-120 telltale hose moved to the top. just need to know if you screw the low speed jet all the way in compressing the spring then bring it out 1 1/2 turns to start with. my low speed jet comes off the side of the carb(#15&23 in pic) not in the front,so spring is on the...
I have recently rebuilt my carbs on a 1993 70hp Johnson.. last season I could not keep the motor running at idle. It ran beautifully at anything over idle. But at idle it would start to shake for a couple seconds do a small cough and stall.
Low speed jet adjustment is what I’m concluding...
