I think it would be better to do a full rebuild. Like I said, make sure the carb is cleaned very well.

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+1. Get a walker brand rebuild kit and a carb "dip tank" and a source of compressed air to blow out the passages. Go slow, set everything right, and you should be OK.

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I second the advice of going slow. Reed gave you some very important tips for the rebuilding process.
Thanks Reed.

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Okay, thanks a lot guys.

So we're all on board with the idea of the carb being the likely culprit here?

It is a distinct possibility.

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I rebuilt the carb earlier today--pretty sure I found my problem almost right away.
One side of the float had fuel in it
I drilled a small hole where I could see the crack, got all the fuel out and sealed the hole using jb weld.
I know I should have soldered it but my iron doesn't get quite hot enough to flow the solder properly on the brass.
I'll order a new float but hopefully the jb weld will hold up for now and not throw the weight off too much.

Test will be tomorrow!

It lives!
Starts when cold, hot and everything in between! Happy to have my truck back!
Now time for new exhaust!

Awesome!

Nothing like a sunk float.....

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That is great news..

you could you your stove (if its not an electric stove) to heat the float, just be careful not to over heat.

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Thanks guys, and thanks for your help earlier!

The stove is an interesting idea--might have to think about that next time I need to do something like that. For now the jb weld is holding up and I have a new float on the way anyway, just to be safe.

Reed:

Agree, all plugs black, sooty, and or wet = rich.

Big fingers is a problem I have never had to deal with except with a crappie prepaid cell phone; a device that is permanently tethered to its charger holding down one of my kitchen counters; used ten minutes in two years.

I type employing hunt n peck method, and can’t spell for excrement, so everything posted, or emailed etc. is drafted in MS Word to take advantage of its red and green underlining, then cut and pasted; Reed I feel your pain knowing your wordy profession. This method sanitizes 90% of my numb-nutz word-smithing, and allows large font that is easy on old eyes. If only MS Word were available when I attended university, it would have been a far more pleasant experience. LOL

Heating a float to evaporate trapped fuel can be dangerous business better not conducted on a stove within a dwelling. Perhaps heating a float using a heat gun in an open area with float suspended from a length of wire would be less dangerous. Realize that a heated fume filled vessel is an explosion waiting to happen.

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I was thinking of the stove as more of a method to warm the float prior to soldering.

This would be correct initially, but the next step since he can't get enough heat in the source metal (brass) to be able to plug the hole, would merit finding a heat source to raise the temp of the whole peice, per the original thought. If would heat it out to make sure it's all evaporated with soemthing else, if not comfortable with the oven method, you can always use a barbecue to heat it up or a plumbing turbo torch (propane or map gas). You also will want to clean the surface with a little bit of flux (acid) to make sure the solder will take to the float properly, you may also think about drilling the hole if it's a small one to remove any contaminants on the sides of the leak that the flux may not get to.

Make sure to wear eye protection and a face sheild would be best all around protection.

-D.Idiot