Lee Van Dyke wrote: >If an Ellison carb jab been sitting dry for about 3 years. Do you think >it's time for a rebuild?
There's not a lot to an Ellison carb. If it's an EFS-2 or 3, a Tillotson diaphragm will swap out with the Ellison diaphragm. Having had one apart before, I'd open it up, inspect the gasket, and if it was OK, reuse it. Then I'd spray carb cleaner down the inlet valve hole (see the photos at http://www.n56ml.com/fuel/ ) and insure that it runs out all the spray bar holes. If it needed a new diaphragm, I'd order another one for $10 or so. And if nothing was sloppy in the slide mechanism, I'd put it back together and fly the thing. Mine has 1130 hours on it and is still night and tight. I think they charge something like $400 to "rebuild" one, so you decide... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
