What a day! Bull Riding Part 3...

Adam, you continue to say things that indicate a fuel problem.

I am always in favor of the simplest; lowest cost, lowest effort, non-invasive solutions first. These include cleaning filters, hanging a temporary fuel tank, cleaning points, etc. Doing these things one at a time and testing takes longer but builds knowledge that will be useful in the future.

Most often changing parts randomly destroys the evidence and other problems are introduced. Changing points for instance introduces other issues like timing or pinched wires.

Once many years ago I used a matchbook to file the points on my 1949 Ford car. Pulled the car around the block for a week trying to get it to start. Fortunately after a week my Dad had the good common sense to have a mechanic come look at the car. In less than three minutes it ran again. In an emergency a dollar bill pulled through the points can be used to clean the points. Probably works with a hundred dollar bill also but I wouldn’t know.

Might give this a try.

Good luck,
Dan

And I agree with the other post about sanding points.. leaves micro-groves that actually lower the contact area.

There are ..or used to be anyway.. specific files or hones for dressing point contacts. As Dell mentions sometimes you can burnish them with high quality polishing equipment ( jewlers equipment comes to mind ). I've used paper pulled thru the points to clean them.. coarse paper.. like brown paper bag.. etc... construction paper...

Don't even try to clean that carb elbow screen.. just replace it. The screen and elbow is about 1.80 at TSC.. is a new brass elbow with a new screen epoxy'ed in. The one on my 8n disintegrated, and pieces of it are all in the carb... I've got it off for a rebuild right now. Same thing was happening with the NAA.

Save the old brass elbow anyway if it is serviceable.. never know when you might need it for a fitting for a jury-rig.

Soundguy