Had a little time to work on the carb swap for the Mag 18 today. Changed the oil, finished the Kohler carb install and fired it up, after a warmup I readjusted both the high and low speed mixtures and It runs better than it ever did with the Walbro carb. Very smooth even idle, I can idle it down lower than any other mag 18 I have ever had and when throttling it up to wot no stumble or hesitation at all. It is hard to believe this is the same engine that I started with. I will never use a Walbro carb again on a KT or Mag engine. The Kohler carb I used came off of a K series single cylinder engine and I had to change the throttle and choke shaft to use it on the Mag engine. I used the shafts from the Walbro carb and they fit with just some minor slotting of the screw holes in the choke plate. Now maybe I can finally finish up the sickle bar install.
Later
Tom
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