Having trouble leaning out my mixture [KZ200]

swest wrote: Makeshift valve spring tool.
Steve

TexasKZ wrote: I think you can pull the head on any KZ with the engine in the frame. Do you plan to pull the jug and replace the base gasket?

Nessism wrote: Regarding the running problem, sounds like the float needle is sticking resulting in flooding the engine at low speed. Checking the fuel level using a clear tube on the float bowl drain nipple is a simple test (should be shown in your factory Kawasaki service manual).

Hope you didn't pull the head just because. Now that you have disturbed the seal on the top end you should pull the cylinder off and replace the base gasket and any seals in the top end as well, including the valve stem seals as Steve alludes.

Many if not most gasket kits are highly suspect. Athena brand with the green gaskets in particular. OEM Kawasaki gaskets are of superior quality and you can typically piece together what you need by purchasing individual gaskets off ebay for discount prices. Kawasaki didn't sell "kits", other than some crappy aftermarket kits sold by the US arm. If you find any of these don't buy them either because they are at least 25 years old and the gaskets are going to be hard and brittle.

TexasKZ wrote: If you do not already have one, the very next purchase you should make is a genuine Kawasaki Factory Service Manual (fsm). It will save you many times its purchase price in money and frustration. Some of the aftermarket manuals are better than nothing, but here is no substitute for the genuine article.

swest wrote: The keepers are IN THERE. You will hear a pop when they let loose, then try to get them out.
Steve