I recently picked up a SA 200 with F162 engine. Based on the nameplate SN, I believe it is a 1953 model. The guy I bought it from had purchased it a while back as a project and never did anything with it before I got it from him. In short, I don't have any history on the thing.
I can't get it to start. I replaced points, condenser and spark plugs and get a decent spark at the plugs when I turn it over (it doesn't have a starter so I built a hand crank to turn it). I took the carburetor apart, soaked and cleaned it and then put a rebuild kit in it when I reassembled it. The fuel tank is trashed so I am giving the carburetor fuel by a copper line with a funnel attached to the top.
When I took all the spark plugs out and hold my thumb over the holes, I get compression on the upstroke and a vacuum on the down stroke. I pulled the side cover off and it looks like all the valve stems rotate up and down as they should.
It acts like it is not getting fuel to the cylinder. After hand cranking the poo out of it last night, when I pull the spark plug, I don't smell any gas in the cylinder. Likewise, I don't smell any gas when I sniffed the exhaust pipe. I tried backing out the idler set screw a couple of rounds past the recommended set point on the carburetor but it didn't change anything. When I choke it, after I spin it long enough, gas will drip out of the carburetor intake like it is flooded, but still no gas odor in the exhaust.
Anyone have any ideas or point me in a direction of what else I can try to get this beast running?