Re: 1957 evenrude 3 hp won’t run

[lufkin-25-gmail-com]

Thank you for the quick reply. When I go to marine engineering and go through the steps to put in my motor information it doesn’t seem to exist. I will call an evenrude dealer tomorrow. Did the 56 have fixed jets? I know my main jet is fixed and clean. Also i only have one accessible jet from the outside of the carb, it’s on the bottom of the bowl parallel with the throat. I assumed it was high speed (fixed) and the mixture knob was for my low speed. The thing that I noticed is under the "head" of the main jet where it seats on the carb is a very thick rubber washer. This rubber washer prevents the bowl from sitting flush against the carb until the 5 screws are put back in and pull it tight. Could the rubber washer be swollen and blocking fuel to the main needle? And to answer your question the surfaces inside the carb seem incredibly clean. The dirty parts were the main jet and the jet on the bottom of the carb and i did clean those well. Was not able to remove the pin holding the float on but sprayed carb cleaner into the seat and the needle does move freely. The bowl will fill with gas just won’t find its way to the throat. Thank you
Jonah
Ps. my mixture know is at 1.5 turns out, the jet in the bottom of the carb accessed from externally is turned in all the way.