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flatrod · 07-23-2017, 10:07 PM

Fixed the end fuel bowls by retaping them. Whoever did it just put the pipe plug in by 1 thread or so. So now it runs with out all the black smoke, but now we are having idle problems. It has no progressive linkage and nothing to set the end carb against. No throttle blade stop, so I just laid them closed and set the center carb to adjust idle. doesn't seem to work, either idles to high or to low, can't seem to find a good spot. Also the end mixture screws are cracked about a 1/8 to 1/4 turn out, didn't work well, then tried seating them, didn't make much difference. I got more work to put into them. I suspect linkage issues.

07-23-2017, 10:07 PM	#12
flatrod Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Anchorage Alaska Posts: 291	Re: tri-power problems Fixed the end fuel bowls by retaping them. Whoever did it just put the pipe plug in by 1 thread or so. So now it runs with out all the black smoke, but now we are having idle problems. It has no progressive linkage and nothing to set the end carb against. No throttle blade stop, so I just laid them closed and set the center carb to adjust idle. doesn't seem to work, either idles to high or to low, can't seem to find a good spot. Also the end mixture screws are cracked about a 1/8 to 1/4 turn out, didn't work well, then tried seating them, didn't make much difference. I got more work to put into them. I suspect linkage issues.