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1981 3 cyl 70 hp starving

scortyduck

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"well ive been posten for a co

"well ive been posten for a couple days now been having trouble with starting after its been running, then shut it off let it sit wont start after cool down untill u pull the plugs and just wipem off then she'll start right up.so i figure igotta fix the carbs , so i go get a sevice guide set the floats to 11/16 in bottom carb was way off then set idle rich screw to 1/2 turns out from seat they said one turn out is stock setting. and im in wisconsin so no elavation to worrie about and i went with 1/2 turns out just to be alil rich,runs good at home, so now i taker out running real good hit about eight feet of water crack the throttle just before plane and she starts starving for fuel never had this problem untill i ajusted the carbs so i stop take the cover off start it up start going have my buddy pump the primer bulb see if that would do anything nothing, slow down to an idle in gear go another half turn out on the idle air screw try again nothing so i i dont know what to do other than takem off agianand start over any ideas
thanks"
 
"The idle adjustments have no

"The idle adjustments have no effect on power above idle speed. You've done something else wrong. Sorry.

Jeff

PS: It's a steep learning curve, isn't it!"
 
do u know if 11/16 on the floa

do u know if 11/16 on the float settings is right or just all the carbs stock settings if u have any idea #5775965
 
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