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Float style carburetors are common on small engines used on gas powered outdoor equipment, in particular the lawn and garden tractor. Many times when the engine is running rough or is hunting badly (engine speed not constant) it is because the carburetor needs a good cleaning and service.
Preparation
Record the engine type and serial number then obtain the relevant carburetor kit, engine and filter gaskets. Prepare a clean work area, an area of NO SMOKING or NAKED FLAME (gasoline vapors ignite very easily). Basic tools required are set of wrenches (socket or open ended), needle nose pliers, can of carburetor cleaner, a container to clean parts and a container to store parts.
Carburetor Removal
Take a photograph or make a pencil sketch of the choke linkage, governor linkage and springs connected to the carburetor. This will save a great deal of heartache when you come to reassemble. Shut off fuel to carburetor before removing the fuel line to the carburetor. Some have a fuel shut off valve, if not clamp the rubber fuel hose with a G clamp, or drain into a clean container.
Remove the air filter, the carburetor fixing nuts (screws) and governor spring. Ease the carburetor away from the engine, twisting as you do so to disengage the Z shape linkages to the choke and throttle valves. Note that there will be fuel still in the bowl at the base of the carburetor. Tip carburetor upside down to let the fuel drain out into a container.
Carburetor Disassembly
Now that you have the complete carburetor in your hand and before attempting to take it apart, look for the two screw (some have only one) with springs under the screw head. These will be the idle and high speed adjustment screw. Count the number of turns required to screw home the needle, about one & one and a half for the main jet and 1 time for the idle jet. Make a note as this will be the setting will to be used later.
Remove the high speed and idle adjusting screw, clean and place in a container ready for reassembling. Remove the bowl fixing nut, on some carburetors this nut is where the high speed adjustment screw is located. Clean the nut and replace washer if required. Those that house the high speed needle will have one or two small fuel transfer holes. These do get clogged - clean out with thin wire (obtain thin floral arranging wire from a craft shop). The float is next, watch out for the fuel inlet needle and how it is attached to the float hinge. Some of the brass floats do leak after a time, check by shaking float to hear if fuel is sloshing about, if so replace the float.
Use carburetor cleaner and spray outside, then the inside of the carburetor, the air and needle orifices. WATCH YOUR EYES - USE GOGGLES. Ensure that the choke and butterfly valves move freely and that the throttle and choke return springs are closing the valves.
If they are weak or broken then replace them by unscrewing the butterfly valve and removing spindle, then reassemble with new springs. Inside the venturi at the throttle valve end, there are 2 or 3 small holes (need to move the valve to open position to see them). I use a staple with one leg bent straight and using needle pliers cleaned out those ports. DO NOT FORCE IF STAPLE IS LARGER IN DIAMETER THAN THE PORT DIAMETER.
Reassemble
Insert fuel needle and float. Fit the bowl to the carburetor with a new 'O' ring. Screw in the high speed and idle needles (don't forget the tension springs, 'O' ring and washer) until they just seat, then back off the screws by the number of turns you recorded when disassembling. These settings should enable the engine to start, if not, screw both needles back in until they just seat. Back off the idle screw one turn and the high speed by 1&1/2 turns. Final needle adjustment is done when the engine tests are conducted.
Using the photos taken or your sketch, insert the governor and choke linkage, then with a new gasket fit the carburetor to the engine body. Reconnect the governor spring into the hole on the throttle cam, usually the same hole as the governor linkage. Reconnect fuel line and filter cover (with new gasket) to the body of the carburetor. Replace worn or dirty air filters
Adjustment
Start engine and allow it to warm up to normal operating temperature (3-5 minutes). Set the throttle control to the maximum speed position, then turn the high speed mixture control in (clockwise) slowly until the engine runs erratic. Note that screw position. Now back off the screw (counter clockwise) until the engine again begins to run erratic. Note that screw position, then screw back in to the mid position at which point the engine should be running smoothly.
Set the throttle control to idle or slow position and adjust the idle mixture screw in the same manner as you did with the high speed mixture control. Some times after setting the idle screw you may need to go back and readjust the high speed setting.
Disclaimer - This article is intended as a guide and is generic and therefore I cannot be held liable for injury or damage. There are many types of carburetors used on small engines, each with their own means of controlling the fuel/air mixture to the engine. However the above is typical of many carburetors used on small engines that I've serviced and repaired during the years I owned an outdoor power equipment sales and service business.
Brian Wenham, Briggs & Stratton Master Service Technician
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Long Beach Port Plan Cleans the Air and Keeps Economic Engine Running
Pollution from Long Beach and Los Angeles ports combined is a serious threat to public health and something needs to be done, fast. Long Beach City Council last nigth ( July 8, 2009) voted 6-0 to reconsider a Clean Trucks Program.
More than 90 per of the estimated 16,800 trucks that service the two ports are driven by independent owner/operators who work on an as-needed basis and respond to calls to pick up or deliver goods to the two ports.
Rather than risking a trucking industry lawsuit by imposing an employee driver only mandate like the Port of Los Angeles, the Long Beach plan, strongly backed by Mayor Foster, allows both independent drivers and trucking company employee drivers to continue to serve the Port of Long Beach. Why?
· The Long Beach plan can move quickly to greatly improve air quality because it is based on the existing, proven, employee and independent driver business model used by the trucking industry nationwide.
· The Long Beach plan assures the Port will continue to grow, prosper and create even more jobs while giving all truck drivers the right to decide whether they wish to be an employee of a larger company or continue to be an owner/operator and their own boss.
· The Long Beach Plan gives truck drivers the freedom to choose to work as employees of a trucking company or as independent business people, so long as they meet the new strict environmental and safety requirements. Many independent drivers have made it clear they will not become employee drivers as mandated in the Port of Los Angeles plan.
· Long Beach allows all segments of the shipping and cargo industry to retain maximum flexibility in transporting goods, lessening any potential disruption in the movement of goods. Many businesses use a mixture of employees and independent freelancers – port trucking is no different.
The Long Beach plan has been endorsed by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Southern California Leadership Council and leading newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
Between enhanced truck safety and emission standards and new security requirements being imposed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration on all truckers who regularly service the ports, some current drivers won’t qualify and will leave the industry. That will result in fewer drivers serving the ports and lead to an increase in the hourly rates paid to drivers. That’s a market driven solution that places the cost of doing business right where it belongs: in the cargo owners’ hands.
The Clean Trucks Program will ban 1988 and older trucks after October 1 and progressively ban all trucks that don’t meet 2007 emission standards by 2012. To assist drivers who agree to scrap their dirty trucks, the port will offer an 80 percent grant or loan toward the purchase or lease of a new truck.
The subsidized program will be financed by new fees to be assessed on imports and exports, state bond funds and Port of Long Beach funds. For the average trucker, a new clean-fuel truck can be leased and maintained for only $500 a month, and then bought at the end of seven years for as little as $7,000. The average service life of the new trucks can be 20 years or more. Those who wish to retrofit an older truck to comply with the new pollution standards can get grants of up to $20,000.
The Long Beach Clean Trucks Program has been designed to make it feasible for individuals to participate for the long term. The first new trucks will be handed over to truckers next month, beginning a process that will both reduce pollution and improve the health of those living in the Los Angeles Basin. We should make sure to seize this rare opportunity where everybody actually wins - the port, truckers and everyone living in the region.
This is solution that is supported by the Southern California Leadership Council (S.C.L.C.).
a business-led and sponsored public policy partnership representing key business and community leaders in all 6 Southern California Counties. The Council, with the support of California’s four former Governors, provides proactive leadership for a strong economy, a vital business environment and a better quality of life for everyone who lives here.
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White paint reflects heat, black absorbs but black car engine block runs cooler?
In the hot farmlands, a house is painted white because it reflects the
heat. Black absorbes heat (as I understand). Why then when a motor
mechanic paints an engine block black it runs cooler than if he paints
it white?
Black.Black absorbs heat much easier than white, that is easy to experience and understand.
Me and My Car: A GMC workhorse
LIKE HUMANS, some vehicles just have good genes, and this 1948 GMC ¾-ton pickup is a good example. Sure, this "Jimmy" has had some health problems solved with two heart (engine) transplants but owner Paul Borgwardt of Walnut Creek doesn't believe his truck is worn out and needs to retire.
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