Settings for an Ol Pico and fuel type?

[Scott Buck]

Hey guys sorry for all the questions but I’m new to the boating world but quickly fell in love with it. I bought an old hydroplane with a pico 65 and tuned pipe, it’s definitely been sitting in someone’s basement or garage (in Texas) for acouple years, well I got it home and took it all apart and cleaned the slime off her and now I’m trying to get it going. It has a plastic fuel tank and a header tank, I’m curious if the header tank is really necessary?
my question is , I put a brand new OS medium number 7 glow plug and I filled up with some old helicopter fuel I had laying around I think it was like 20 or 30% omega, the red stuff. I’m wondering what settings I should start with on the high and low speed needle, just a rough idea because for some reason I charged my align super starter and tried cranking it over a few times yesterday and she wouldn’t fire unless I dropped a few drops of nitro down the cylinder and it would pop for like two seconds and then die. I’m back at work today but I’m hopping someone out there is familiar with this engine and could tell me how many turns out I should start with. I think I probably need to disassemble the carb and clean her out as well. Any advice guys? Thanks

 

[Mark Anderson]

Close the high speed needle and open it 3 1/2 turns. Sounds like somthing is plugged in the fuel system.