bertsmobile1
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Yes that will create a problem.
Put simply it was the wrong solenoid.
Some ground through the carb some ground via the plug.
The graound on the plug usually goes to a tiny 1/8" bolt that holds the lower shroud on which is very often loose or missing so you get a bad ground.
The single wire type is for carbs that bolt directly to the engine or use a metal manifold.
And yes the two types do regularly get mixed up.
You can toss it all together, they are not an EPA requirement down here but do make a good back up should the ground wire to the coil fall off, you have a secondary stopping mechanism other than running around the front and zapping yourself trying to remove the spark plug.
So for the purpose of diagnosing, you can replace it with a standard UNC bolt with an O ring under it, thus eliminating one potential source of problems.
And on that topic, it looks like the replacement was a Nikki type, with the white plastic jet holder between the float body & carb body.
If so the main jet just sits in the bottom of the tube , held in by the O ring.
Very easy to knock it out if you are not watching what you are doing, particularly if you start tossing compressed air around.
Put simply it was the wrong solenoid.
Some ground through the carb some ground via the plug.
The graound on the plug usually goes to a tiny 1/8" bolt that holds the lower shroud on which is very often loose or missing so you get a bad ground.
The single wire type is for carbs that bolt directly to the engine or use a metal manifold.
And yes the two types do regularly get mixed up.
You can toss it all together, they are not an EPA requirement down here but do make a good back up should the ground wire to the coil fall off, you have a secondary stopping mechanism other than running around the front and zapping yourself trying to remove the spark plug.
So for the purpose of diagnosing, you can replace it with a standard UNC bolt with an O ring under it, thus eliminating one potential source of problems.
And on that topic, it looks like the replacement was a Nikki type, with the white plastic jet holder between the float body & carb body.
If so the main jet just sits in the bottom of the tube , held in by the O ring.
Very easy to knock it out if you are not watching what you are doing, particularly if you start tossing compressed air around.