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Re: Wizard Powermatic 12...'55 WN7

Always missing and never cheap.
Louis

Re: Wizard Powermatic 12...'55 WN7

Well, I put the 55 Wizard WN7 Powermatic 12 in the test barrel today after securing a female fuel fitting on Flebay. It dripped a little gas...very slowly, so I need to revisit the carb float, but it came to life on the fourth pull and ran pretty well in N. I went a little heavy on the fuel/oil mix, 16:1 instead of 24:1 because I wasn't sure and it smoked heavily when I got on the throttle. Was able to smooth it out by slight tweaking of the high and low speed jets, but it wants to die when I drop it in gear with the throttle down in the shift range. Not always, but guess I still have some tuning to do. Is it all right to run this gem at 24:1? And is there a common cause for dogging when it drops into gear? Thanks in advance for any input and for your help in getting this far with it. :)