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Joined: Jan 2015
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I soaked the Zenith Carb, made in Australia for 3 days on CLR... it didn't dissolve away....
Poked a wire down all holes and blew them out.
The float had tobe resoldered, what a job for newbies........
Anyway bingo. it runs.....

https://studio.youtube.com/video/uS1fbmOEmoc/edit

I bodgied a throttle cable just to mow the front lawn....
Popping a bit..... might need proper muffler....

https://studio.youtube.com/video/OjVFzNyaAkQ/edit

I'm happy speedy


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Hi Speedy,

Well done ,it's always good when a pile of junk turns into a lawn mower.

Lately I've been thinking instead of converting my older mowers to electronic ignition it may be easier to convert to CDI.



Cheers
Max.

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I put a snorkel on the carb ,just to keep the dust out of the carb.
It starts easily with the drill. Mowed the whole lawn, and the Zenith carb performed well. I may need a air filter to restrict the air flow....
And gotta fix a fuel tank, instead of gaffa tape.....
Anyway happy to step back 60 years........
speedy


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I heated and bent some steel, to make brackets for fuel tank, good snorkel.
speedy

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Hi speedy,
A man has to do what a man has to do.

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Yes Norm,
A bit of blacksmithing never hurt anyone........
speedy


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