And life goes on!!

[Eyecatcher]

Still fighting the carb thing. Got the rblt MS carb installed as per my last post, and it ran a total of about 30 mins, and quit dead. Of course I was out and about, warming it up, so had to come back to the barn and get tools etc., to pull carb. Opened up the rblt carb, and the inside looked like a rust bucket. Looked like a new needle and seat, and bowl gasket, but the bowl itself was heavy rust, looked like it had been gouged a little with a screw driver. Since I bought it off E-bay, I asked for my money back, and got a note this A.M. to ship it back for refund, so I'm back to the Zenith. I'm pretty sure it's a 13876 series 68 from what I can find on the computer, so bought another kit, cleaned it good, but kinda stumped on the float setting. Supposed to be 1 5/32. That must be from the casting to the bottom of the float with it inverted, sans gasket. Nothing else looks logical. I have cleaned the little temp gas tank a couple of times, but decided to put a filter in the temporary gas line. Doesn't look to me like it has much flow. Still tinkering & looking for suggestions.

 

[Eyecatcher]

IF YOU'RE GONNA BE DUMB, YA GOTTA BE TUFF! Thought I'd go back out and tinker with the Zenith carb again, and lo and behold, lying in the middle of the bench where I last assembled it, was the venturi.
Runs pretty good when it's all there.

 

[GPintheMitten]

Ha ha. Glad you found the problem.