A quick update, the rebuilt carb from Meetens is fitted and with the new head gasket I’ve adjusted the timing and it still won’t idle. The idle stop screw on the carb is screwed fully in and as soon as i back it off it will stall with out a good bit of throttle. Interestingly once the rev’s start to drop it is unrecoverable, and just stalls, no matter how much i feather the throttle. I’m really starting to think it’s the throttle linkage/ governor setup as it’s running really well on full load with all the cutters down. I’ve watched the governor lever pull down on the throttle when the rev’s start to die and the engine stalls, could it be something as simple as the linking rod connected the wrong way around closing the throttle instead of opening it as the rev’s drop? If anyone has a photo of how the throttle linkage/ governor should be connected that would be great. I’ll try and video it running tonight and upload so you can see what it going on.
