On Sep 9, 2017, at 1:52 PM, Mike Hamm wrote:

> Next I removed the carburetor when I took it apart and cleaned there was a small piece of smegma, on top of the nettle valve seat, blocking (slowing) the fuel from entering the float bowl.


I've fixed a few with that exact problem; I expect that it is a piece of the seat material that has been attacked by alcohol and behaves sort of like a flapper valve to block the fuel coming in from the pump. The usual giveaway is the completely dry carb bowl that you find after the engine dies.

--Jim

Jim Miller
1977 Eleganza
1977 Royale
Hamilton, OH



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