Steve, Mr. Plow - hey, bet you didn't realize you fell for one of the oldest tricks in the book. When nothing is selling all ya gotta do is start hyping up the differences and yup, somebody goes and starts buying'm again. Well, I certainly hope it was another Hydro. You need to start getting a 149 ready for a demo. AND I do agree with Kraig - we need pics.
Don T - my apologies for my message. Upon re-reading I left out the word never meaning "I just never had a unit where the points were close to 16", is what I meant to say. And I also don't think Charlie said he set his at 14. I think he said he uses a match book cover so whatever that is, 14 or 20. It's actually 20 or used to be.
You know, I'll bet your problem is really the carb. I know you used that ultrasonic cleaner and you think it works wonderful, and it may well BUT it also depends on what is stuck, lodged, blocking, what ever got into the carb. I had the carb on my 169 full of sand (yes it layed on it's side for quite some time and the sand was packed into it). There are several very tiny passages that you really can't get into. You can get part way with a good strong paint brush bristle that you can't break, and maybe you even have a stiff really thin wire. I like to start off by completely tearing it apart even the main jet if you can get it out, then soaking the carb in cleaner, and I mean drowning it for at least 30-60 minutes, and then use one of those straw tubes on the nozzle of a can of carb cleaner, and go after every hole you can see. Twist that straw around until you can get it into the holes inside the carb, then use the wire or bristle in the holes to make sure they are clean. I'm gonna go out on a limb but I think when you set your point gap to 22 or 23 and install your known good carb you're gonna find your engine will run fine, and your carb setting should be 2 to 2 1/2 turn open on the high speed needle and 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 on the idle speed.
Good luck with it.
Bill J - thank you, but was there ever any real question of me being correct
- I do think you may have missed my closing comment tho where I said "You might have to get the tray from a wide frame to use it in that position". The edges of the 1x6/7 tray are not rolled over like the edges of the W/F or QL so the 6/7 tray may be more likely to bend, and you'll have to have some BIGGER rubber bumpers to keep it just off the fenders.
And by the way, if you're gonna get the wiring harness from a 1x8/9 to use in the 126, then make sure you study it up for color coding compared to your 126, and what connects where. I think you'll have to change the key switch connector to the correct plug and may have 1 less wire - it could get confusing but it can be done.
