850 starving for fuel

Could not even go up a hill in 1st gear. Towed it home.

What gives? Full tune up buy a guy who knos what he is doing. New voltage reg., new plugs, new wires, new points. Fires on the first turn of the crank and idles. I susspect some junk in the fuel line, tank or carb. There was some stuff that looked like sand in the bowl. Is this just a case of old gas tank with chunks.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Andy

I tried spraying carb cleaner into every hole I could find in the carb, but nothing helped. I believe it was a gent named Dave on this discussion board who told me a carb rebuild kit would probably solve my problems, and he explained what was probably happening. The kit took care of my problem. It's run fine ever since. I did soak the disassembled carb overnight in carb cleaner before installing the kit.

I cleaned mine with 90% Iso. Alcohol (rubbing, not Golden Grain), but carb cleaner might work better.

Be sure to also check the screen in the top of the fuel filter bowl. That one was also clogged on mine.

Good Luck!
Tommy D.

You might get by cleaning it out with some laquer thinner. Disconnect the line from the carb so none gets into the engine, and let it flow until clean.)