Re: 1950 Speeditwin Carburetor Leaking Fuel and additional questions

[viking66]

Thanks again. I did see the info put out on you thread. I actually saw that before I had mine running, very informative.

Now I am still having issues that I hope someone who has a bit on knowledge on these engine can guide me in the right direction.

My Speeditwin will not start with the hood on it. It wants to and it will sputter and try, but it will not go.

When I remove the hood it will start, and then I can see the gas really coming out of the throat. I have a video I will see how to upload. Basically if I hold my hand in the front of the throat and count to 3, gas is running off of my off the palm of my hand…no BS. Any idea what could cause this much gas to be expelled from the throat while running? I have tried a bunch of different setting on both the High side jet, and low side jets. This gas still expels out big time.

I am also not getting any water to pump. I may not have the LU in the bucket far enough. I have it to the top of the inlet holes like it shows in the book. Does that sound right?

Thanks to all who help me with my outboard addiction 😆 😆