Question on pv 15 ensign carberutor rebuild

Is this rebuild kit from Bill Campbell? When I spoke with him, he detailed the fact that the new needle needs to be seated with a hammer tap. Good luck.

I think your rebuild kit is not the one that Bill Campbell has.Bill's kit are the steel tip not the rubber tip.I have had problems with the rubber tipones,so I only use the rebuild kits from Bill.You can find his contact info in the magazine.Good Luck.Mike Durkin

My kit is from the Carberutor Shop. I tried to contact Bill Cambell but he did not return my phone calls. I have read through the threads on this rebuild and the most critical step seems to be getting the correct thickness of gaskets on both ends of the pedistal. This carb was off a running engine when it was parked 20 years ago and there was no gasket on the top of the pedistal. The kit gaskets seem to fit ok with the exception of the gasket on top of the strainer that seemed to be too big. Thanks for your comments, I will keep playing with it.

My kit came from the carb shop, I have no issues with the float but I did have to make a thicker gasket for the top of the pedistal, I ran the tractor for the first time last weekend and noted the adjustment needles make little difference and it is runing rich, allthough it did start and idle well. I am looking forward to more input to this thread.

To Steve A, Was your needle rubber tipped? I had the air cleaner off and watched the drips coming from that central passageway. I did not try and start and am wondering if it would run with the internal drip?

The gaskets on top and bottom of pedestal are most important , if too thick you will damage the cover, and if too thin it will leak at the bottom and allow fuel to drain as you have. If the needle is leaking and it is rubber tipped a tap will not fix it. I use the ones from bill and have had very good luck with them. These carbs are a mess to get perfect and clean, ALL passages must be clean to work good. including taking the plug out in idle passage that is under the fixed jet, most people miss this and get a half job, the next thing is that most of the intake manifolds out there have internal rust and cracks that leak and cause the engine to idle rough at best, These engines will idle slow enough to allow the mag impulse to kick in if everything is good, I have several that will doit even when cold. Good luck and if you have questions I will try to help out here. Ron

Thanks Ron, I am suspicious of the bottom gasket of the pedistal. It was thin and somewhat hard.I might try and put some modeling clay in the position of the bottom gasket to see how thick it needs to be. I did find the plug below the jet and removed before soaking in carb cleaner. I will keep tinkering- thanks for the help.