Wow Hop, that looks exactly like my "Eager One" engine on my Sears mower.
Mine was not as bad as that, but applied exactly. Good link.
Rascal
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Hop *
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:54 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: OT: Small engine repair
Here's a good link.
http://www.kichline.com/chuck/fixit/mowers/tcarb/tcarb.html
--Hop
>From: jon@dakota-truck.net
> One weird thing with this carb is that it doesn't even seem to have
>traditional needle jets. I'm definitely no carb expert (carbeurator is
>French for "leave it alone") ;-) but I have some experience with changing
>out and adusting jets in my motorcycle and 2 stroke ultralight. The
>only thing in this carb that resembles a jet is there is a tube that dips
>down into the float bowl, and it sticks up into the venturi passageway.
>There is a screw on the bottom of the carb that moves a needle up and
>down below this tube, it looks like the purpose of the needle is to
>restrict the flow of gas through this tube. There's another orifice that
>appears to allow gas to come up into the venturi which has a similar sort
>of arrangement, a screw that adjusts the size of the opening that the gas
>can flow through. Besides those two screws, there aren't any other
>adjustments on the carb. I don't know enough about carbs to be able
>to tell if one is a power circuit and another is idle, etc. Neither
>screw looks like a traditional needle jet; they must be serving the
>same purpose, but they are rather crude.
>
>
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