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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris611" data-source="post: 15326" data-attributes="member: 577"><p>Thanks for the replies guys. The exhaust is what is hot. The engine cover you can lay a gloved hand on. The muffler and the pipes leading to the muffler will melt the glove on your hand. Heres what I did tonight: Checked the points gap. It was fine .020" Checked the intake/exhaust lash. It was find Checked the timing. It was right where the manual said it should be. But every once in awhile it would jump a head and then go right back to normal. Sprayed starting fluid around the intake/carb area to see if there were any leaks with the engine running. Engine speed never varied. Compresson on the one cylinder was 100 at starter cranking speed. I think the other cylinder has bad threads so I didn't remove it. It doesn't appear to be leaking (no gas/soot around the hole) The manual said to set the low idle fuel screw 1 1/4 turns out. Then turn it out (rich) until the engine speed descreased. Then in until it decreases again (lean) and then puit in inbetween. I tried turning it out (rich) and then engine just kept speeding up. I stopped at about 1 turn. Does that seem right? Any other suggestions. Maybe it just runs that hot, but I don't want to blow the engine if it's running lean. At idle, it will run idle speed for 3-4 seconds then bobble for a second then back to idle speed. Almost like it's starving for fuel. I guess the next step would be to pull the carb and see if a good cleaning helps. Sorry for the long post. Any help would be great. Thanks guys. Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>

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