TT .61 engine problems
Hi, I have a TT .61 pro engine that's just been taken out of storage for the past couple of years. The engine was stuck, so I boiled it in water to release the moving parts. Upon opening the back of the engine, the bearing was rusted, but I couldn't take out the bearing because the piston sleeve was really stuck to the body. Anyway, I cleaned it out as much as I could, then put the engine on a brand new thunderbolt. The first problem to occur was that it would not hold an idle without the glow plug attached to it, and it would not accelerate cleanly. I took it out of the thunderbolt and put it back into my pattern plane, coupled with a hatori pipe. I had problems with my idle again, so I changed the glow plug again. Now, my main problem is that it will sometimes idle all right without the glow plug attached, and sometimes it won't. If it idles all right, then I have problems with the transition from low to high speed. It accelerates, then just dies on me. I tried leaning out the mixture and richening it, but it really didn't help anything. I tried resetting the low speed needle, but it still doesn't help. This is really driving me up the wall, as this engine has already damaged both planes that it was put into. Fuel is blowing out the carb as well. Another thing I didn't mention was that the low speed needle is countersunk, and about 1/4 of the surrounding sleeve was broken off by an attempt to move the throttle barrel with a vise plier whilst it was stuck. Will this affect the performance of the carburetor? I have never had any problems with this engine. Any dvice or help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!