Carb issues
Well, after multiple attempts over several weeks to "readjust" carb after the running characteristics kept changing - smooth idle, to rough idle at times, black followed by white smoke on acceleration at times, dieseling here and there, but not all the time, etc, we decided to take off the carb for some inspection as it looked like there was no gasket between phenolic apacer and carb. Sure enough, no gasket there, but there is one between spacer and intake, BUT found that spacer is cracked all the way through on one side.
Questions:
Is there supposed to be a gasket between base of carb and spacer?
Is the spacer something I can find at NAPA or other parts store? Any body ever repaired one of these like with JB weld?
Would the cracked spacer cause it to be impossible to keep running consistently?
According to the weber info I can find, the mixture screw should not have to be turned out more than 3 turns from seated. Ours requires more than that (with broken spacer) Should I order a larger jet or is replacing the cracked spacer likely to change that, so it is less than 3 turns out?
Thanks,
Greg
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