Carburetor rebuild project.
Neighbor came by with a pressure washer asking if I wanted it. It was stored for a long time. I said I will take a look at it. Not sure if anyone here rebuilds carbs. Most things that use gas if not drained and ran dry, when stored for a while, the carburetor will plug up and they will not run. The fuel tank was about 3/4s full it smelled bad. I am guessing the fuel was sitting in it over 5 years.
Here is the inside of the fuel tank after being drained and taking out the anti slosh sponge. (yes some nails and other bench stuff tossed in to help scrub it)
This is what I got out of the tank. Degraded sponge and varnished fuel.
This is after it was cleaned. Not perfect but quite usable.
Main jet was plugged up solid. Picked screen was pretty bad also.
Here it is all cleaned up. Just have to make sure main jet is cleaned out but do not ream it out to make the hole larger or it will never run correctly again. Spray it out completely with carb cleaner to rinse it out and make sure all the ports are open.
Help with a new gasket set and put it all back together.
Here it is all assembled. Gave it a few pulls and it runs great. Actually runs better than my new one.
A few tips..
Do Not force anything. Lots of small fragile parts. If the parts won't move hit them with carb cleaner and let is set a couple minutes. Then keep rinsing them so they work freely.
Take a couple pictures with a digital camera (or draw a detail diagram) of the linkages and where the springs go. Hard to remember where they came off.
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