Runs Perfect Now! OK the carb went into the Berrymans yesterday and today I washed it Blew out all the areas I could see. When Blowing I heard a clog give way! The clog was a small port on the face of the carb shown in the pics below. This was THE problem with the carb overflowing and the float needle not closing. Hurray! There was a small brass oriface in that hole that must have been blown out into the abyss of the shop? If the float bowl vent is clogged it just pushes the gas coming in out the main jet tube, never filling the float bowel up enough to close the needle. I was afraid the missing orafice would affect the running but it does not and is only a vent for the float bowl, We will see? The second discovery was there is a small hole in the top of the carb that I believe allows air in to mix with the high speed circuit. I blew out this hole and another clog opened up! This explained why the motor ran decent at low rpm but choked out rich when revved up. If this port is clogged no air mixes with the fuel in the high speed circut so pure fuel is drawn into the motor and is VERY rich flooding it out. You should have seen the test tank when I was trying to get this thing running with both ports clogged. There was a layer of oil/gas 1/4 " thick. Now the water is nice and clean and the motor purrs. I am giving this detailed blow by blow because I know someone is going to have one or both of these problems and this may help. So if your carb is flooding out don't do what I did and just spray out the float and seat, do a complete dip and cleaning It will save you tons of time!
