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Kingston Carb Adjusting Needles

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Skyhawk Greg

09-12-2006 07:47:19




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Hi,

I have a 1923 Fordson F with a Kingston vaporizer that was adjusted as follows:

* Loosen the locknuts on the high and low speed needles

* Turn both needles down until they seat

* Back both needles out 1-1/4 turn

* Start engine, and warm up

* Open throttle to about 1000 rpm and close the high speed needle until it misfires. Turn the needle back out until it runs smoothly

* Close the throttle and do the same thing with the low speed needle.


Here is the question. The high speed needle definitely affected the way that the engine ran, and it would run smoothly at high rpm after adjustment. The low speed needle really made little to no difference at slow idle. I even closed the low speed needle all the way, and there was no difference. Shouldn't the engine have died with the low speed needle all the way in at slow idle? All things considered, the tractor starts easily, and doesn't run too badly. However, if things aren't right, they bother me. Any thoughts? Thank you.

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jmixigo

09-12-2006 08:06:55




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 Re: Kingston Carb Adjusting Needles in reply to Skyhawk Greg, 09-12-2006 07:47:19  
The throttle plate must be virtually closed for the idle curcuit to be effective. Most of these old carbs have enough wear on the throttle plate and throttle shaft, combined with wear in the corresponding places on the carb body that the idle curcuit is no longer working very hard. Also these engines idle VERY slow compared to a modern engine. If all else fails either find or make a tap into the intake system and adjust for maximum vacuum with a vac guage or set it at 1 1/4 and live with it.

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