Well I finally figured out the hard starting issue on my CA! The poppet spring was missing on the choke butterfly disc on the Marvel Schebler carb.
The guy I bought it from said it "always needed a shot of ether" to start. I just couldn't accept that. It turns out the poppet was flying wide open and basically cutting my choke in half. The Marvel manual I downloaded at this link really helped me (and dad) understand what was going on.
Man, you barely need to hit the starter now and this girl is purring! I realize this may be common sense to many of you, but it was an interesting challenge to me. I thought I would share the knowledge as so many of you have taught me through this forum. It's amazing that such an inexpensive part can make such a dramatic difference in performance.
Of course when I say cheap, I'm not counting the new cap, points, plugs, plug wires, condenser and complete tractor rewire I tried before I discovered this. LOL What can I say, that's what makes this hobby fun for me.
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