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Addressing my rich running problem, I bought new needles and seats, and new floats, all to no avail. I reset the float levels at least 10 times until the fuel level is just below the bridge per Moss' recommendations. Still skipping and missing on take off and fast acceleration. I then tried "lean" needles, and still no luck. I've adjusted the mixture another dozen times. Nothing stops one of two problems: Either rich and black smoke, or skipping on take off and fast acceleration.
A part of me wants to park it at a local shop. Before I do that I'm going to replace the pump even though it registered about 1.5 psi. About the floats, however, is there any reason that I should disregard all advice and just try setting them way low by increasing the gap from 1/8 or 3/16 to more like 5/16 to 3/8? Do things really get that touchy and technical? Finally, is a missing engine at take off just as likely due to lean carbs as rich carbs?
A part of me wants to park it at a local shop. Before I do that I'm going to replace the pump even though it registered about 1.5 psi. About the floats, however, is there any reason that I should disregard all advice and just try setting them way low by increasing the gap from 1/8 or 3/16 to more like 5/16 to 3/8? Do things really get that touchy and technical? Finally, is a missing engine at take off just as likely due to lean carbs as rich carbs?