Re: Carburetor Question Carter WA-1

Posted by Joe Santana On 2018/7/8 15:08:01

This is news.

In earlier posts, you said as soon as you came to a stop the engine died and wouldn't restart immediately.

This is why I didn't think you had the same problem as I. But you are describing the EXACT same problem. Fine to start. Fine at idle in garage. Fine revving in garage. Fine going down hill to the corner. Fine after a stop on level ground.

But put a load on it going up a steep hill and it quits. With help from the electric fuel pump it restarts after backing into a driveway and getting level, and I could make it back down the hill and up a little hill to the garage. But never would it go more than 2 or 3 houses up the big hill.

Improperly set float drop. It may be tricky to do because Daytona Parts missed it the first time they rebuilt the carb. But I didn't push on this as your solution because I didn't realize it was happening under load, exactly as mine.

They found the float drop was not set correctly which prevented enough fuel from getting into the bowl. For sure, check this before doing anything major with the engine.