need help with carb

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Post by zoom »

now every thing in carb is put back togethor right it wont crank.. it will start to sputter but wont crank or stya cranked. im gonna try the spark plug. but what do yall think
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Zoom, what do your mean when you say it "won't crank or stay cranked"? When I think of cranking a motor I think in terms of the motor turning over as when the electric or kick starter turn or "crank" the motor. Or do you mean it will not fire or run or stay running?
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Also, do you know if you are now getting gas into the flaot bowl?
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its not syarying crank ed it will start to sputter and some times it will crank for a second but will die.. and es it is getting gas because i unscrewed the float bowl screw and gas flooded out.
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Post by vette76 »

give some throttle when starting/starting fluid just to get going.u do have an airfilter right?because you need it.
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yea i got a fliter but im givin it throttle all the time but its just wont syar cranked
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ok i got it cranked the problem was the spark plug it was fouled.
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