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At work we got an old hyster forklift on propane powered by a 2.3L ford. Its currently not running and since all our mechanic knows is diesels i volunteered to piss with it a few hours one day and see what i can figure out. Heres my questions...
1- How does a propane carburator differ from a gasoline carburator? And how would one tune a propane carb?
2- He claims the lift is a 91, but i think its older. Possibly. The engine has a distributor. Is it likely a duraspark setup? Or points? I didnt pop the cap off to see yet.
He says its not getting fire but truthfully i doubt he really checked. So obviously coil and points (if so equipped) is the starting point.
Any info is apperciated.
1- How does a propane carburator differ from a gasoline carburator? And how would one tune a propane carb?
2- He claims the lift is a 91, but i think its older. Possibly. The engine has a distributor. Is it likely a duraspark setup? Or points? I didnt pop the cap off to see yet.
He says its not getting fire but truthfully i doubt he really checked. So obviously coil and points (if so equipped) is the starting point.
Any info is apperciated.