Re: 1952 Evinrude Lightwin 3hp (Carb adjustment)

[cesarp35]

Hey guys just wanted to update this thread, well after dissembling the carb again and let it sit in degreaser for 2 days i assembled and start it up and it was doing the same thing, running pretty crappie, i couldn’t adjust the carb correctly, i didn’t think about checking the spark plugs since i had just replaced them recently when i replaced the coils and points a few weeks ago. Well i did a spark test and wouldn’t you know it one of the new spark plugs was bad, i replaced the spark plug with one of the older ones that i took off the motor when i bought it and it started and ran really good, i was able to adjust low and high needle and bring it down to a slow idle, sucks all this time i thought i had a carb problem and it was a damn bad spark plug, well live and learn. Thanks for all the help guys and here’s a video of this old 52, not pretty cosmetically the sun has taking a toll on it but at least it’s not all dented up.
https://youtu.be/bhsjo0_M4B8