A local shop also sells landscaping equipment and used motorcycles so has two techs who know carbs. One hour labor to swap out. OK, find a carb. Price seems to run in the $350 - $450 range!
I'm keeping the truck. It has been the most reliable, trouble free vehicle I've owned.
Colorado has made it difficult, and expensive, to register a vehicle outside the areas requiring emissions. Doable, but a pain in the ass.
For sure, this gives Sisty another over thinking subject to bust my balls.
Having another vehicle for a daily driver helps. The Mighty Max bumper hides the date decals effectively but any traffic stop is trouble.
Oh well, it isn't like I haven't been a lifelong scofflaw. That won't change.
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You need to find a new friend who is younger (say 50 years old or so) who like to tinker with cars and buy him a six pack or bottle of his choice and y'all work on it together.
Pay the kids to rebuild the carb, and check Rock Island for the solenoid. :-)
I think NFO means "Rock Auto". I used to get all my stuff from them, BUT, as of the first of the year, they won't ship to a jurisdiction with separate state and city taxes.
They might ship to you, but not to me.
Ethanol does seem to be hard on smaller engines. I'm glad there are a couple sources for straight gasoline locally and that's what I run in my mower and other small engines.
Coffeypot
Good advice.
Old NFO/drjim
Rock Auto had a big closeout sale on Mighty Max parts several months ago. I think the problem might be the O ring on the solenoid. I may take a crack at removing the solenoid and replacing the O ring.
Jim
There are a few local sources. Kind of like biodiesel, hard to find on cross country trips.
This is a site I use when I'm looking for straight gas.
https://www.pure-gas.org/
I only buy for my vehicles. Murphy USA and some Maverick stations usually have ethanol free gas.
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