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:banghead3 It's been a long, cold winter up here in Northern Wisconsin, and I was really looking forward to getting the 990 out to do some Spring clean-up.
Before I put it away for Winter, I had picked up a new (yes, brand new) carburator and installed it. Only had time for a "test run" to make sure everything was working correctly - which it was, but it wasn't. It started fine, ran fine, but I had gas coming out of the bottom of the carb. Ugh! Anyway, I put it in the shed with plans of fixing the gas problem this Spring.
Pulled it out of the shed this morning, tore the carb off and checked it all over. Yup, it had a float and the needle seemed to be working fine. Put everything back together, and charged the battery over lunch. After lunch, I was ready to fire it up, hook up the lawn roller, and flatten out the back yard from all the deer coming in all Winter.
Turned on the gas, set the parking brake, pulled out the choke, put the throttle on high, and hit the key. Well, it didn't start - it went "bang" - big ole back-fire. Back to the Spring tear down again to check and see if Micky and Minnie get into the wiring again, re-set everything and try it again.
Is it just me, or does everyone else have problems with these old 990's? Sure doesn't seem to be very reliable! I think the back-fire is due to a timing issue - correct? Any ideas why I'm still getting gas coming out of the bottom of the carb?
Thanks,
Rich
Before I put it away for Winter, I had picked up a new (yes, brand new) carburator and installed it. Only had time for a "test run" to make sure everything was working correctly - which it was, but it wasn't. It started fine, ran fine, but I had gas coming out of the bottom of the carb. Ugh! Anyway, I put it in the shed with plans of fixing the gas problem this Spring.
Pulled it out of the shed this morning, tore the carb off and checked it all over. Yup, it had a float and the needle seemed to be working fine. Put everything back together, and charged the battery over lunch. After lunch, I was ready to fire it up, hook up the lawn roller, and flatten out the back yard from all the deer coming in all Winter.
Turned on the gas, set the parking brake, pulled out the choke, put the throttle on high, and hit the key. Well, it didn't start - it went "bang" - big ole back-fire. Back to the Spring tear down again to check and see if Micky and Minnie get into the wiring again, re-set everything and try it again.
Is it just me, or does everyone else have problems with these old 990's? Sure doesn't seem to be very reliable! I think the back-fire is due to a timing issue - correct? Any ideas why I'm still getting gas coming out of the bottom of the carb?
Thanks,
Rich