So at the advice of I think air-cooled, I disassembled my new carb, just in case. Some mild dusty corrosion on a couple screws, noticed some inconsistent torqueing on some of the screws, and a botched fuel pump diaphragm installed crooked, the three screws creating new holes through the diaphragm that also acts as the gasket. There's an itty bitty copper port there, that should also be aligned through a hole in the gasket/diaphragm, but was blocked.
I have no idea what issues that may have caused. My first brand new Bocar 34-pict-3 gave me issues straight out of the box. The engine would fire and then die, no idle. Hal and I futzed with it quite a bit before we finally found a loose bolt on the side that was giving us a massive vacuum leak.
So, I would suggest heeding this advice, and rebuild your new carb, checking everything is dandy.
neal
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Hiya Neal,
FWIW, I have been in the situation of trying to bolt in a new Bocar 34PICT3 and having it run. Well, it ran.............and that's about the best I can say. I turned out having to diasassemble the thing and do what amounted to a rebuild. It was quite dirty inside - looked like it had been put together in a mud hut. I finally got it in reasonably acceptable shape.
But I learned my lesson. Now, given the choice of a brand new Bocar (or Brosol) and a rebuildable Solex, I'll do the Solex every time.
FWIW, I have been in the situation of trying to bolt in a new Bocar 34PICT3 and having it run. Well, it ran.............and that's about the best I can say. I turned out having to diasassemble the thing and do what amounted to a rebuild. It was quite dirty inside - looked like it had been put together in a mud hut. I finally got it in reasonably acceptable shape.
But I learned my lesson. Now, given the choice of a brand new Bocar (or Brosol) and a rebuildable Solex, I'll do the Solex every time.
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