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Old 16-12-15, 19:34
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Originally Posted by Steve Mortimer View Post
The carb has Marcus instead of solex on it so I'm assuming its new. It has never been run since the carb was put on so it was not set up. As far as I know this Ferret hasn't run since the military released it in 2007. What about the altitude adjustment? Does that make much difference in how it runs? Right now I will be happy if I can get it to run for more then 15 seconds.
Steve,
As you say a private owner fitted the carb, check it is a 40NNIP and not a 48NNIP. The 48 was for some B81 engines, also the 40NNIP was fitted to 8 cyl engines of certain Marks and jetting would vary between 6 and 8 cylinder engines. If the wrong carb was fitted, this could be the problem.

If you can, make a note of any numbers on the carb and around the base flange (if any) and post them on here.
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