I'll see if I can find out how to adjust it. I noticed that sediment too. Perhaps it is not seating, allowing fuel to overflow the bowl? But I don't see how it would get out of the bowl into the carb... if that happened without the carb 'asking' for it, wouldn't it all just run out into the intake? I'm not sure if what I'm saying makes sense or not.

I'll price some rebuild kits; so I have to find a tag... I've not noticed one. Will look again.

 

Well I took the carb off, the float out and sprayed the float bowl full of carb cleaner, worked it through via the throttle, blew through all the holes with air and, put it back on. I also bent the little seat tab on the float arm a bit downward so it would seat a little sooner.

Same thing. If you let it sit and idle, it will start loping and fuel will start pouring out that nozzle on top of the float bowl.

The float seat looked nice, clean and smooth, etc. Maybe I should try another needle just for the heck of it.

 

Sometimes the floats get a pinhgole in them and fill with gas

 

It's empty. I shook it.

I wonder if I need a more bouyant float.

 

Ordered a brass float. Took the old one out like I'd done over a dozen times now between adjusting it, cleaning the carb, etc. Noticed a little indention in the corner of the float. Picked at it with my fingernail. Black stuff crumbled off. Kept picking - black stuff kept crumbling. Noticed it was soaking wet inside. Grabbed my needle nose pliers and dug into it. Big plastic sponge this thing was - WTF? So the black 'plastic' floats are some strange material (phenolic?) and they're solid - I kid you not it was like a sponge. It was soaked with gas.

Dropped the brass float in. No more gas running out, no more bogging out at idle and it went from me having to lay on the pedal when it's warm to get it to crank, to cranking right up.

 

glad you got it fixed...