Lincwelder DC 180 fires 1 crank but carb is out of wack & so is the governor Help

[John Baptist]

well a mechanic who is too lazy to work on my welder says wisconsins have a compression release on the cam so compression tests are not really accurate?? honestly i think the guy has only worked on V4 Wisconsin's from the models he named off.... never heard of mechanics refusing diagnoses or tune up money...............lazy

[SquirmyPug]

well a mechanic who is too lazy to work on my welder says wisconsins have a compression release on the cam so compression tests are not really accurate?? honestly i think the guy has only worked on V4 Wisconsin's from the models he named off.... never heard of mechanics refusing diagnoses or tune up money...............lazy

Just open it up, what's it going to hurt if nobody will work on it anyway? Take a look to see if anything looks bad.

[Insaneride]

I concur with Squirmy, open it up, see what's inside.

[smithdoor]

Any time I have this problem it lack of fuel in carburetor.
This in tank, fuel lines, filter and or carburetor.

Dave

yeah it needs a rebuild kit, It fires right up and runs strong & at other times it doesn't, i inspected my fuel tank it's got a lot of trash in the bottom & the way this thing was set up from the factory it has no filters of any kind fuel/oil nothing in the tank just a tube maybe those bits in the bottom are half tank rust and whats left of a strainer HAHA! I watched a Zenith carb video related to the Atomic engines all these zenith carbs look very similar he said you can pull the main jet and the idle air/fuel spray them out & if the carbs ok it should clean up I did that & it was firing nicely but both spark plugs looked bad, one was full of dry black soot & one was cooked clean with a White stripe (they put too much oil in the engine) I got both of them to look right after starting it and letting it run several times *shrugs* I have a feeling I have intermittent spark and trash in my carb, I need to buy a glass fuel strainer & points look good in the magneto. new spark plugs and wires are next on the buy list, mla2ofus Has been helping to he really knows his stuff, We got the governor set correctly (thank God the throttle arm is rusted to the carb so that was not messed with it) does need to be backed off 1 turn so it doesn't rest on the wide open stop but it's fine for now & i cleaned all the dirt and trash out of the governor arm it wasn't allowing it to articulate all the way.

[Insaneride]

At the two minute mark he saiz open the box


Cool video , reminds me of this thread
No?