Have an issue with the carb on my 1952 Oliver 88 RC. Last fall, the tractor started to run very rich and would actually flood out and be hard to restart. I was pretty much done using it for the season so put off fixing it until Spring. Same problem when I started it up a few weeks ago. Enough gas coming into the carb that it was flooding into the hose from the air cleaner. I don't leave the sediment bowl valve open, so gas is coming in when trying to start/run engine. Figured that the float or float valve was having an issue and bought a basic kit with new float, soaked the carb and replaced the parts. Engine is still running rich, perhaps even worse than before, and adjusting low idle and high idle screws does not do anything to help it.
I've rebuilt other carbs before and not had them work worse than before the repair...Any thoughts on what else might be going on inside? It's a Marvel Schebler TSX-374.
I've rebuilt other carbs before and not had them work worse than before the repair...Any thoughts on what else might be going on inside? It's a Marvel Schebler TSX-374.