The lower unit is all back together, the carburetor has been
gone through and installed, as well as the magneto. Hopefully tomorrow I
can get the gas tank and rewind on, and maybe see if it runs.
I’m glad I had another Fleetwin with the same Tillotson MD-34B carb to look at.
The choke and throttle mechanism’s were a pain to get together
correctly! As Stan mentioned before, the carb low speed jet
is left hand threaded….. didn’t take me too long to remember that 😕
Thought I’d post photos of the carb for prosperity sake, in case
some other poor soul works on one! The carb bowl large brass plug
(to access and remove the float needle) was messed up and would
not budge, so I used an old trick I learned while working on some
old auto generators. I put a large screwdriver straight slot bit
in the drill press. Mounted the carb bowl in a machinist vise.
Then while holding downward pressure on the drill press lever,
I turned the drill chuck with a big pliers. A great way to get,
plenty of pressure at a straight angle, without the bit slipping!
Decided not to try to find and purchase lower unit seals or a water pump impeller
on this one until I see if it actually runs, and the neutral shift works, lol.
If it runs, there will be popcorn and a video 😎
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