Trouble shootin.

[bigredhead]

ok.

Yesterday i wanted to fire the old Big Red up to power wash it, and hit the elec starter.. wrrrrrrwrrrrwrrrrr no fire.

So. i figure the plug is fouled " again ".. so i remove it, sand it down a bit, put it back in, no go... remove it again, and i realized the plug is DRY..

Even with choke on, and turning the motor over with elec start for 10 secs at a time for like a minute. no gas it getting to the plug.

I sprayed some gas directly into the cylinder and Put put put...... :evil:

Air leak? from the carb / boot/ head ? or can it be something else ?

[hotroddal]

theyr migh have been an air buuble in the gas line

[bigredhead]

Can't see how, the tank had lots of gas in it, i even backed the bowl drain screw and let the gas pour thru the carb.. still nodda.

weird.

[ClayW]

Maybe the filter screen at the petcock is full of trash.

[bigredhead]

Maybe the filter screen at the petcock is full of trash.

Ha.. now that is possible... i get good flow from the overflow/bowl bottom tho, so it's getting lots of gas, not to say the tank could'nt have crud in it.. my tank is not rusty at all, and i rinsed it out last weekend and re-filled it with fresh gas.

Might have stirred sediment from the nooks and cranies of the tank when i rinsed it..

I have a carb kit on the way anytime now. ( checks mail daily ) Me and rob put on a Princess Auto o-ring from the boot to the head.. i'm thinking that o-ring might not hold up to the heat...