Re: Sea King 1 HP midget won’t start

[bob-d]

Joe CB,it doesn’t run at all. It just pops and sounds like it trying to catch. I have tried running on 8 to 1 as well.
Jerry when I cleaned the carb, I soaked it in carb cleaner bucket overnight. I followed that up with shots of brake cleaner through all passages. After that I took nylon fishing line and ran it through the small hole under the poppet valve. I followed that up with a good shot of compressed air 80-100 psi. Before cleaning I lapped in both the needle valve, and poppet valve with Clover-leaf 1A 320 grit lapping compound.
I switched a working mag plate from a Pal, so it’s not the spark. Will try your tips for checking crankcase compression after I try Tubs mix and match parts approach onto my working Pal. Hopefully that will be able to narrow it down.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
Bob D