Improvement to the idle mixture screw

[natefromogden]

This weekend I decided to try something different with my idle mixture screw. It has always been a pain to adjust it since it required a long screwdriver and getting it properly aligned through all the bits in the way of the mixture screw.

Sadly, I forgot to take pictures.

All I did was locate a small flat washer that fit into the screwdriver slot and I soldered the washer into the slot. Probably some JB Weld would have worked just as well. Then I trimmed the edge of the washer away using small files so that the screw would fit all the way into the carb without hanging up on the washer.

Now I can adjust the idle mixture with my fingertips from above and for the first time I think I have it dialed in pretty well.

Easy, free, quick, effective. That's the kind of fix I like.

[Charlie]

Hey Nate,

How about a picture? Sounds like a creative solution

[natefromogden]

Charlie, its pretty out-of-sight now that it is installed but I could do a drawing later and post it up.

The washer I found in my hardware tray of junk was about 1/2" diameter and thin enough that it fit snugly into the slot on the brass airscrew.