old Kart

[gokartcrazy]

Well im thinking of keeping my old kart because the engine is a old 5 brigs i think and the kart is in good condition all i need to do is fix the carb i bypassed the governor and it dont want to idle at all stall as soon as i let off the gas can i buy a new carb or rebuild this one what is the fuel mix screw suppose to be if i can get it to stay running ill keep it

 

[gokartcrazy]

this is the kart

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

Pics of your governor job, try setting the idle higher, thats the little screw on the thing that moves the throttle butterfly in the carb. Mixture is the big screw on the side.

 

[gokartcrazy]

Pics of your governor job, try setting the idle higher, thats the little screw on the thing that moves the throttle butterfly in the carb. Mixture is the big screw on the side.

idler screw is all the way in so idle would be reving high but still stalls and i cant find a point with the mix screw that the motor will stay running when at idle im gonna get a new spark plug to from messing with the screw the plug is blackened like deep fried toast all i did was disconnect the governor from the carb basicly took off the springs? yes? thats the way its done right?

 

[thgrahamjr]

On most Briggs engines it is recommended that you start with your air/fuel mixture screw 1 1/2 turn counterclockwise from the close position and work from there. Also Briggs recommends only having a 1/2 tank of gas when making carb adjustments.

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

They way mine was they just unhooked the linkage from the gov to the carb and replaced with a throttle acting directly on the carb.

 

[Kevin Noah]

Have you tried a new carb diaphragm? That might help it out some.

 

[gokartcrazy]

go kart is up and running still needs alittle adjusting. I got a new spark plug and started 1 1/2 out now its almost all the way in. but its idling and it rides fast just got some popping and bogging alittle but other then that motor sounds great loud as buck!!!! i smell like fumes lol i could imagine what my key bord would look like if it was white lol.....

 

[gokartcrazy]

well sold it today for $100 bucks not bad guy got it for his "youngins" as he called them i call em children lol he works on small engines for a living works at john deer

 

[thgrahamjr]

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