1961 super seahorse carb.

[Dave Palmer]

I have a 40hp 1961 johnson outboard i inherited from my grandfather. Its been sitting for about ten years but it looks like its in pretty good shape under the hood. I replaced foot oil, fuel filter, points, condensors, pin/seat and the float. I have been able to get it to fire up and run a little bit but it seems to be dumping gas out of the carbirater. I have replace the pin and seat and the float so im not sure why this is happening. For example if i pump the fuel line bulb this will cause gas to start streaming out of the carb air intake. I tried bending the float stopping plate put this didnt help. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[Dave Palmer]

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[danb4042]

I have a 40hp 1961 johnson outboard i inherited from my grandfather. Its been sitting for about ten years but it looks like its in pretty good shape under the hood. I replaced foot oil, fuel filter, points, condensors, pin/seat and the float. I have been able to get it to fire up and run a little bit but it seems to be dumping gas out of the carbirater. I have replace the pin and seat and the float so im not sure why this is happening. For example if i pump the fuel line bulb this will cause gas to start streaming out of the carb air intake. I tried bending the float stopping plate put this didnt help. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Sounds like your float level isn't set right, but I have no idea where you would get the specs to set it