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Carbs getting gas but engine isnt?
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The bike starts with starter fluid so wouldnt that mean its not getting gas? Im so close to kicking it over... first project bike. Thanks for all the help.
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Starter fluid might ignite with weak spark, when gas won't.
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Also, i feel like im taking the carb apart fully but I may be missing something. Where the needle valve sits, is this the primary jet? I am so confused... thanks to another members posting I attached a picture of the carburetors assembly
How would you go about pulling parts 16017 and 16030 out? I get to there and Im just baffeled...
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tv219 wrote: I pulled the plugs on each carb and gas came out. I did not yet check the spark plugs :pinch: I plan on it next I get a chance
Also, i feel like im taking the carb apart fully but I may be missing something. Where the needle valve sits, is this the primary jet? I am so confused... thanks to another members posting I attached a picture of the carburetors assembly
How would you go about pulling parts 16017 and 16030 out? I get to there and Im just baffeled...
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The 16017 will remove once the slide valve and main jet are removed, #43028 and #92063. It has a light press fit, and usually takes a light push from the bottom, in towards the carb throat. You can loosen the main jet a turn, and push on it to get it moving.
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I now have a rule of thumb after messing with my mess...untill the floats are perfect. Everything else you adjust seems to turn into a quick fix that causes other problems.
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I'd focus on the float levels (use the clear tube method mentioned in other threads in the forum) and cleaning all the passages.
Somebody had a great carb cleaning diagram on here. It included instructions for spraying carb cleaner through each passage and where it should come out, then covering certain holes with your finger and verifying the carb spray comes out another passage.
I'll see if I can find it.
I swear those floats are the cause to a lot of problem with carbs. Especially if a novice took them apart before.
Since I still consider myself a novice and tv219 probably is too, help us out here. I've used the clear tube method for setting my float levels, but is there something more to it? The spec in my manual is a range of acceptable float levels. Is it best to be high, low, smack in the middle? How accurate do we need to be and how much can float levels vary from one carb to another?
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Patton wrote: An illustration of the clear tube test is shown in the illustration below, with side located drains.
With version of CV carbs where outlet nipple on bottom of float bowl serves dual purposes of both overflow and drain, be sure to use the drain outlet function and not the overflow function when allowing fuel to flow into the clear tube.
[Click on image to enlarge view.]
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