Re: RDE-17 Johnson tuning issues

[Buccaneer]

I remember when I tore the carb apart, looking at the HS needle, thinking,
"what happened to the point on it"! After seeing the needle, I can understand
why they’d be "touchy" to adjust.

Have a couple of hours to "play" this morning, so I popped the flywheel back
off. I see absolutely no sign of anything broke, loose, or arcing.

Had the thought a while ago that I should have disabled the "high speed cut-out".
The only test I did on it was via an ohm meter and "mouth" for suction,
and it would easily close the contact.
Could this cut-out switch cause my symptoms?

Also had regrets this morning that I didn’t pull off the front cover
and inspect the reeds. There again, would a reed issue
match the symptoms in my video?

I have the flywheel off yet, should I keep tearing things back apart,
check the reeds, re-visit the carb, etc., before test starting / running again?
What would be your approach be…….. now?
I know you old wise men with whiskers, achy joints, and greasy fingernails
would have checked "everything" when it was apart the "first" time, lol.

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I worked on a ’59 35 HP Lark today that killed when I put it in gear and gave it any throttle at all above idle on a boat. Had it idling good in a tank, and idled good on the boat at low RPMs. Had to readjust the points a couple times to get it to idle good – maybe because I used Sierra points. After that, the culprit was the hi speed jet was set too lean. I found that by trial and error, restarting several times. The high speed adjustment is very touchy on these and sometimes if you are off 1/8 turn, they run terrible.
Good Luck!
Dave

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