Re: 1932 Johnson K-50 8 hp questions

[Buccaneer]

The carb was as purchased by me, and appears to have been "cobbled up"
many moons ago. So far I’m not able to get the fitting (that the needle was in)
removed, as the round brass plug affair in the inside of the carb bowl turns,
with no way to hold it.

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that I’ll get "called to duty" during Tomahawk. If so, the guy may be hung, lol.

quote PM T2:

The needle seat is above the level of that fitting. In the picture it looks like you’re attempting (or somebody else was) to use the cobbled up compression nut (if that’s what it is) as the needle seat, and that ain’t gonna work.

If the needle doesn’t go through that nut, take it off and put the needle where it should be. There’s a threaded collar on the base of the float bowl, the needle has to be above the level of those threads. If you try to use that improper nut as the seat area, I doubt the needle would be long enough to go all the way through the centre of the float.

The elbow parts might work, but no, they are not correct. Proper fuel pipe is similar to what you see on all of the antique Johnson motors, i.e. they have a fuel pipe soldered to a nickel-plated brass ferrule that is captured by an aluminum nut that threads onto the base of the fuel bowl where those male threads are.

It also looks like there’s a small barrel thing fastened onto the throttle lever, probably somebody trying to use remote throttle control on it.

Hope this helps.

Best,
PM T2

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