Re: 1962 18hp Johnson Only Runs With Choke.

[mstrader77]

I think I found the problem. I took the carb apart this evening and looked over all the passages closely. Low and behold, I missed one. I am so happy to have found my error. Another problem I gave myself was reversing the low and high needle settings. I just realized that the high needle is on the top and the low side is on the bottom. That makes sense. After looking back over the carb, the blocked passage is the idle circuit passage at the bottom of the bowl. I hope to give it another test run in the next day or two. I will let you all know how it turns out. I thank everyone who helped for keeping my focus on the carburetor.

P.S.
I inspected the reed valves again and they all looked as they should.