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Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) [message #188259 is a reply to message #188258]

Thu, 25 October 2012 19:31

Robin Hood

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I other words, find a way to bend the tab on the float that allows the
float to ride higher in the bowl yet the needle is wide open unto the float
goes higher.

I did give that a try but it kept on closing the inlet with the needle.
Couldn't Find a sweet spot between the float and the needle.

On Thursday, October 25, 2012, A. wrote:

>
>
> Robin Hood wrote on Thu, 25 October 2012 18:54
> > OK, I got home and tried the various tests.
> >
> > http://youtu.be/InZn4C-ZHj4
> >
> > Summary: Pump is pumping, wife is aggravated about me getting gasoline
> everywhere. I managed not to catch myself on fire. Blowing into the fuel
> inlet with the bowl on won't work, but with the bowl off, I could force air
> (and gasoline!) through. More spillage. With the bowl on, not much gas goes
> into the bowl. I want to mail this thing (the carb) to somebody who knows
> how these things are supposed to be set up and what's proper vs seriously
> out of whack.
> Nothing seriously out of whack. The float is either not attached
> correctly to the needle valve, or the float bracket that attaches the float
> to the needle valve needs to be bent a little so that the float is not
> sitting on the bottom of the bowl while the needle is fully closed.
> It is as frustrating to us as it is to you because it is such a simple
> fix/adjustment, I just can't figure out how to walk you through it using
> text only.
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		[GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Sun, 21 October 2012 14:31
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: jimk on Sun, 21 October 2012 14:38
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Sun, 21 October 2012 14:48
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Henderson on Sun, 21 October 2012 15:23
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Sun, 21 October 2012 16:07
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Sun, 21 October 2012 16:53
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: jimk on Sun, 21 October 2012 16:54
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: jimk on Sun, 21 October 2012 16:58
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Sun, 21 October 2012 17:35
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: emerystora on Sun, 21 October 2012 17:45
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mickeysss on Thu, 28 November 2013 15:42
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Otterwan on Thu, 28 November 2013 15:53
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 28 November 2013 16:02
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Thu, 28 November 2013 16:19
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mickeysss on Thu, 28 November 2013 19:08
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: kerry pinkerton on Sun, 21 October 2012 14:45
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Sun, 21 October 2012 14:58
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mike miller on Sun, 21 October 2012 20:34
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Sun, 21 October 2012 20:47
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Sun, 21 October 2012 22:29
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Mon, 22 October 2012 07:16
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Mr ERFisher on Mon, 22 October 2012 09:25
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mike miller on Mon, 22 October 2012 11:47
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: jhbridges on Mon, 22 October 2012 10:22
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: k2gkk on Mon, 22 October 2012 10:36
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Mon, 22 October 2012 10:51
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: k2gkk on Mon, 22 October 2012 11:10
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: jhbridges on Mon, 22 October 2012 12:07
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Mon, 22 October 2012 20:15
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Tue, 23 October 2012 17:05
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: k2gkk on Tue, 23 October 2012 17:20
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: tphipps on Tue, 23 October 2012 18:22
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Wed, 24 October 2012 20:44
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: roy1 on Wed, 24 October 2012 21:10
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: A Hamilto on Wed, 24 October 2012 21:37
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mike miller on Thu, 25 October 2012 01:11
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 25 October 2012 07:26
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Thu, 25 October 2012 09:05
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Thu, 25 October 2012 09:34
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Thu, 25 October 2012 09:49
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Carl S. on Thu, 25 October 2012 09:55
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: roy1 on Thu, 25 October 2012 10:54
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: sgltrac on Thu, 25 October 2012 10:45
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mike miller on Thu, 25 October 2012 11:10
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Thu, 25 October 2012 11:15
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 25 October 2012 11:23
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Thu, 25 October 2012 11:49
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Thu, 25 October 2012 17:26
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 25 October 2012 18:54
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: A Hamilto on Thu, 25 October 2012 19:21
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 25 October 2012 19:31
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Thu, 25 October 2012 19:35
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 25 October 2012 20:32
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: hal kading on Thu, 25 October 2012 21:59
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: jhbridges on Fri, 26 October 2012 06:37
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Fri, 26 October 2012 06:55
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: jhbridges on Fri, 26 October 2012 07:25
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Fri, 26 October 2012 08:31
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: stick miller on Fri, 26 October 2012 10:18
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Fri, 26 October 2012 10:25
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Fri, 26 October 2012 13:15
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Fri, 26 October 2012 17:51
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Sat, 27 October 2012 16:25
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: jhbridges on Mon, 22 October 2012 08:34
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Sun, 28 October 2012 13:50
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Sun, 28 October 2012 15:19
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 01 November 2012 20:47
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Fri, 02 November 2012 06:00
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Fri, 02 November 2012 16:07
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Mon, 12 November 2012 12:08
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Mon, 12 November 2012 12:28
		[GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Mon, 12 November 2012 12:46
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Bruce Hart on Mon, 12 November 2012 12:49
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: k2gkk on Mon, 12 November 2012 13:01
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: C Boyd on Mon, 12 November 2012 14:00
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Mon, 12 November 2012 15:13
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 12 November 2012 15:16
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: k2gkk on Mon, 12 November 2012 16:36
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: A Hamilto on Mon, 12 November 2012 15:45
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Mon, 12 November 2012 15:50
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Mon, 12 November 2012 16:32
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Mon, 12 November 2012 18:27
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: A Hamilto on Mon, 12 November 2012 16:48
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Mon, 12 November 2012 16:52
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Mon, 12 November 2012 18:17
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: A Hamilto on Mon, 12 November 2012 18:36
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Mon, 12 November 2012 18:53
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: jhbridges on Mon, 12 November 2012 19:04
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Mon, 12 November 2012 19:56
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Mon, 12 November 2012 20:07
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Mon, 12 November 2012 21:16
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Carl S. on Mon, 12 November 2012 21:58
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mickeysss on Wed, 14 November 2012 00:35
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mike miller on Tue, 13 November 2012 03:49
		[GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Tue, 13 November 2012 22:05
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Dave Mumert on Tue, 13 November 2012 22:53
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Tue, 13 November 2012 23:52
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Wed, 14 November 2012 00:07
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Wed, 14 November 2012 02:26
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Wed, 14 November 2012 03:10
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Wed, 14 November 2012 06:38
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Wed, 14 November 2012 06:43
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Wed, 14 November 2012 07:00
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 14 November 2012 07:31
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Wed, 14 November 2012 07:37
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Wed, 14 November 2012 06:47
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 14 November 2012 06:47
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Wed, 14 November 2012 15:23
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Wed, 14 November 2012 15:35
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: James Hupy on Wed, 14 November 2012 15:57
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Wed, 14 November 2012 17:47
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Wed, 14 November 2012 18:43
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Wed, 14 November 2012 20:06
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: WD0AFQ on Wed, 14 November 2012 21:04
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: ljdavick on Thu, 15 November 2012 00:02
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Thu, 15 November 2012 04:31
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 15 November 2012 19:19
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 15 November 2012 21:16
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: sgltrac on Thu, 15 November 2012 21:20
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 15 November 2012 21:25
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: sgltrac on Thu, 15 November 2012 21:36
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: sgltrac on Thu, 15 November 2012 21:37
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mickeysss on Thu, 15 November 2012 22:42
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mike miller on Fri, 16 November 2012 02:08
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Fri, 16 November 2012 03:14
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Fri, 16 November 2012 20:16
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: ljdavick on Fri, 16 November 2012 20:36
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: kerry pinkerton on Fri, 16 November 2012 20:48
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: A Hamilto on Fri, 16 November 2012 21:02
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Fri, 16 November 2012 21:33
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Fri, 16 November 2012 21:34
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: sgltrac on Fri, 16 November 2012 21:36
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Fri, 16 November 2012 21:43
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: sgltrac on Fri, 16 November 2012 21:52
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Fri, 16 November 2012 21:40
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Sat, 17 November 2012 08:18
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: ljdavick on Wed, 21 November 2012 02:28
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Wed, 21 November 2012 06:10
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: powerjon on Wed, 21 November 2012 08:06
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Wed, 21 November 2012 09:23
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Wed, 21 November 2012 15:00
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Wed, 21 November 2012 15:24
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: jhbridges on Wed, 21 November 2012 17:42
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Wed, 21 November 2012 15:38
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Wed, 21 November 2012 17:23
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Thu, 22 November 2012 02:32
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 22 November 2012 07:45
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: k2gkk on Thu, 22 November 2012 08:38
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Thu, 22 November 2012 08:03
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: philipswanson on Mon, 24 December 2012 09:53
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Mon, 24 December 2012 11:28
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Mon, 24 December 2012 14:52
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Sat, 17 November 2012 02:51
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Sat, 17 November 2012 08:10
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		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: USAussie on Wed, 14 November 2012 16:12
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Wed, 14 November 2012 16:54
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: A Hamilto on Wed, 14 November 2012 17:30
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: ljdavick on Mon, 12 November 2012 23:34
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 14 November 2012 07:33
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Gail Marks Cruiser on Wed, 14 November 2012 18:04
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: JohnL455 on Thu, 22 November 2012 09:40
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Mon, 26 November 2012 20:40
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: ljdavick on Mon, 26 November 2012 20:50
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Jim Galbavy on Mon, 26 November 2012 23:27
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: mike miller on Thu, 29 November 2012 01:43
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 29 November 2012 18:11
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Thu, 29 November 2012 18:43
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Tue, 04 December 2012 18:27
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: A Hamilto on Tue, 04 December 2012 19:19
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Wed, 05 December 2012 08:39
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Wed, 05 December 2012 10:28
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: James Hupy on Wed, 05 December 2012 10:47
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: A Hamilto on Wed, 05 December 2012 17:03
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: A Hamilto on Wed, 05 December 2012 11:17
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: sgltrac on Wed, 05 December 2012 11:23
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: jhbridges on Wed, 05 December 2012 12:11
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Wed, 05 December 2012 12:34
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Wed, 05 December 2012 15:15
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Carl S. on Wed, 05 December 2012 15:44
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Carl S. on Wed, 05 December 2012 15:45
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Carl S. on Wed, 05 December 2012 15:46
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: kerry pinkerton on Wed, 05 December 2012 17:06
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Ken Burton on Wed, 05 December 2012 18:38
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: jhbridges on Thu, 06 December 2012 07:31
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 06 December 2012 07:47
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Matt Colie on Fri, 07 December 2012 05:23
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Dave Mumert on Fri, 07 December 2012 10:20
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: mike miller on Fri, 07 December 2012 10:57
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 07 December 2012 11:51
		Re: [GMCnet] I NEVER give up. (Onan) By: sgltrac on Wed, 05 December 2012 11:19
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Gerald Wheeler on Tue, 04 December 2012 20:09
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: hnielsen2 on Thu, 28 November 2013 15:58
		Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) By: Robin Hood on Thu, 28 November 2013 16:03

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