Patent ID: 7097165

Claim:
A fuel adjustment and limiter assembly for a carburetor comprising: a carburetor body; a fuel passage in the body; a bore in the body along a rotation axis and communicating with the fuel passage and opening to the exterior of the body; a shaft disposed in the bore and threaded rotatably to the body along the rotation axis, and the shaft having a tip at one end disposed adjustably in the fuel passage; an enlarged head generally concentric to and projecting axially outward from the other end of the shaft, the enlarged head having at least one feature carried by the head; a collar carried by the shaft adjacent the head and generally axially movable relative to the head, a first stop carried by the collar, a second stop carried by the collar and circumferentially spaced from the first stop, at least one indicia carried by the collar and releasably engageable with the at least one feature for rotation of the collar with the shaft, the collar being axially movable relative to the head to a locked position wherein the at least one indicia engages the at least one feature for rotation of the collar with the shaft and axially movable to an unlocked position spaced from the locked position wherein the indicia and feature are disengaged so that the shaft can rotate relative to the collar; and a pin carried by the carburetor body, disposed between the first and second stops and engageable by the first and second stops at least when the collar is in the locked position to limit rotation of the shaft relative to the carburetor body.