Well, I'm back. I knew I should have just ordered a new carb. I PISSED my time away cleaning this old POS, and replaced the needle, seat, main jet to bowl gasket, and bowl to carb gasket.... and...... can you guess? It's still a piece of Te-CHUMP-sey Sucky Hellish Idiotic Time-waster...
Still won't idle. As soon as you let off the gas, the motor dies. I tried holding the throttle in different positions just to see if it would idle at any point, and NO.. Once the engine starts to stall, you have to floor it, and hold it there, and it runs just fine.. Let off the gas-instant death! Thank you Te-CHUMP-sey!!! Really, for the MILLIONS of us having this problem-THANK YOU!
So, I'm back to the drawing board. Can anyone link me to a replacement carb for this 6.0HP horizontal shaft engine? I don't care what it costs-I just need it to RUN so my kids can enjoy it.
Also, I found what I think may be wrong with this carb.. Where the shaft for the butterfly penetrates the casting of the carb, on top-there is some type of seal there that is no longer sealing. As I was trying to clean all the lemon juice out of the carb I was using compressed air and I could clearly see TONS of bubbles coming out from between the shaft and the carb casting. My guess is that the engine is sucking air around that shaft, going lean, and then dying. I closed the butterfly (relaxed position) and lightly greased where the butterfly meets the carb casting all the way around, then filled that area with water while holding the carb upright such that it was pointing up so as to hold the water, a stream of water started coming out from around the shaft.. Obviously this is a vacuum leak, and the engine is probably pulling air around that shaft instead of through the idle circuit. Once I got it on the engine and running, I was spraying carb cleaner right into that shaft area and the engine would actually idle!!!!! I am DONE with this JUNKER.
Somebody, please link me to one that will work with this engine. I'd sincerely appreciate it. If anyone wants the old one to blow up with C4, or shoot with a high powered rifle, let me know. Otherwise, I'll find something creative to do with it such as melt it down with my torch into a little aluminum globule.. Maybe I should melt it down, and then ship it back to Te-CHUMP-seh to show them my appreciate. Anybody have a mailing address?