Reply To: 3.6 HP Mercury carb questions

[David Stanton]

Bill – For that float adjustment, you mentioned the float touching the float pin without “collapsing” it. On this motor, there is only a solid, one piece float needle like most other outboards have – no spring or anything else to “collapse”. I wonder if something is missing. Could be because I see signs that someone else has gone into the carb and messed around, and the float adjustment was off pretty far like maybe there should be something else above the float needle to take up some of that space. Curiously, the float needle does not show on the exploded view I posted, but the float valve seat #11, does show so I can’t tell what should be there looking at that.

Am I missing a float valve part?
Dave