The Ford Barn

30aadoodlebug · 03-18-2018, 03:55 PM

So during the last storm here I was plowing the drive with my doodlebug and ran into some issues. The truck started and ran fine, and then after plowing for about 5 minutes, I began losing power and was getting carb flooding sounds. I checked the carb and the float was fine, but what was interesting is the truck was running best at almost full retard on the spark lever. While backing her up to put back in the barn, I got a good backfire and black smoke that smelled electrical as well. She's sat in the barn since, and I started to troubleshoot today to no avail.

The gas lines have been cleaned, float is fine, all electrical checks out, and the damn thing still wont kick over.

Thoughts?

03-18-2018, 03:55 PM	#1
30aadoodlebug Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Boxborough, MA Posts: 274	Was running and now wont start... So during the last storm here I was plowing the drive with my doodlebug and ran into some issues. The truck started and ran fine, and then after plowing for about 5 minutes, I began losing power and was getting carb flooding sounds. I checked the carb and the float was fine, but what was interesting is the truck was running best at almost full retard on the spark lever. While backing her up to put back in the barn, I got a good backfire and black smoke that smelled electrical as well. She's sat in the barn since, and I started to troubleshoot today to no avail. The gas lines have been cleaned, float is fine, all electrical checks out, and the damn thing still wont kick over. Thoughts?