Originally Posted by
ezveedub
The pic looks a bit lean, or at least a bit dry. It should still have a little oil, but you can see whats in the pics. Make sure your shims aren't stuck to the button. It should have two 0.30mm aluminum shims and one 0.10mm copper=0.70mm total spacing. I would recommend 25-30% fuel, which should work fine with the shimming I stated on a broken in engine. Base carb setting new is around 5 turns out LSN & 3 turns out HSN. Broken in, around 2.5 HSN out and 2-3/4 to 3-1/4 out LSN. This setting should, but you still have to tune it. Glow plugs used are #6 or even a #5 if its humid and hot and you need to richen the LSN more and have a good idle.
Its dry because I wiped it, but yes I thought it was running lean too
To my surprise, no, it did not have any shims. They are not stuck anywhere, they are just not there, old owned probably took them out for some reason. Does the increased compression actually give it more power or just mess with things?