60 still wont idle

[HaroldIHC]

After two carb cleanings my 60 still hunts at fast idle or slow idle. runs nice with choke a quarter out. On the second cleaning I removed the freez plugs on the sides of the duplex and used a lot carb cleaner then blew it out with compressed air. No luck. I did not remove the steel balls , they scare me, and I figured I dont have to because it hunts at fast idle too. I have also replaced the manifolds and gaskets wih new ones. are those balls my only hope. Are there places that should be drilled? Im stumped. --------Harold

 

[steve Dean]

(quoted from post at 05:03:28 08/24/07) After two carb cleanings my 60 still hunts at fast idle or slow idle. runs nice with choke a quarter out. On the second cleaning I removed the freez plugs on the sides of the duplex and used a lot carb cleaner then blew it out with compressed air. No luck. I did not remove the steel balls , they scare me, and I figured I dont have to because it hunts at fast idle too. I have also replaced the manifolds and gaskets wih new ones. are those balls my only hope. Are there places that should be drilled? Im stumped. --------Harold

Have you done anything with the ignition components? I would check my distributor, points, condensor, plug gap and rotor button. We have a 720 gas and we put a brand new carb from Curry's on it and it would not run right. Called them up and they said the carb was not the problem. Went through the ignition and it ran fine. Had to fine tune idle and load then(less than 1/8 of a turn on either one). Keep me posted.

 

[ET]

Binding throttle linkage between the governor an carburetor can make it hunt.

 

[Mike M]

Just like Steve said check that condensor. I had a 60 once that did just as yours choke out it smoothed up made everyone think it was a fuel problem. Changed the points and cond. and it ran fine. Would not of believed it if I had not done it myself.

 

[Kemper]

As the others said,i would definately replace the points and condensor,make sure you have good fire and then go back to carb,it is easy to overlook a passage in those carbs,take it all apart and through it in a gallon of carb cleaner for a couple days then blow it out with air.

If it has the automatic fuel shutoff,make sure you have a good stream to the carb...