Rebuilt a 350 Rancher for my neighbor. He got two basketcases for $300. I took the best of both and put them together into one rig.
I'm down to the carb. Everything else is ready to go.
I have now tried both OEM carbs. They've been cleaned (boiled in lemon juice) and I put a rebuild kit in one of them and it leaked gas from the overflow. Steady stream. I've polished the seat till it shines, new needle was in the kit, still leaks.
Swapped the new needle over to the other carb, after polishing the seat on that carb too. Same thing. Leaks.
Have tried two different floats and get the same result on both carbs.
I've now ordered new needles to eliminate that as a possibility, but is there anything else that could be causing enough of a fuel flow into the carb to overwhelm the float and leak out of the overflow?
I checked using air pressure on the drain nipple on the bottom of the bowl to make sure the drain screw and drain tube didn't have any leaks. It's all airtight.
Turn gas on, and if I shake the wheeler it starts leaking and doesn't stop.
I'm down to the carb. Everything else is ready to go.
I have now tried both OEM carbs. They've been cleaned (boiled in lemon juice) and I put a rebuild kit in one of them and it leaked gas from the overflow. Steady stream. I've polished the seat till it shines, new needle was in the kit, still leaks.
Swapped the new needle over to the other carb, after polishing the seat on that carb too. Same thing. Leaks.
Have tried two different floats and get the same result on both carbs.
I've now ordered new needles to eliminate that as a possibility, but is there anything else that could be causing enough of a fuel flow into the carb to overwhelm the float and leak out of the overflow?
I checked using air pressure on the drain nipple on the bottom of the bowl to make sure the drain screw and drain tube didn't have any leaks. It's all airtight.
Turn gas on, and if I shake the wheeler it starts leaking and doesn't stop.