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This caused extremely variable running conditions/ stalling, as I'm sure you can appreciate.
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This had been left out by the guy who sold it to me, maybe after his rebuild/ clean - so effectivly the needle jet, along with main jet, had free play of about 1cm ! (Main jet same diameter as needle jet, so only held in place by locating pin lower down in needle jet housing). Turned out to be a missing washer !! Nothing to do with Eureka moment number 1 or 2, which I'm sure you all guessed anyway.īetween the main jet and the needle jet, I now know there should be a small brass washer. The guy in the shop offered me a sort of stubby tap replacement, unfortunatley the screw fitting was too small to fit the carb body, but that looked like it would have been airtight all right.
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Is this my problem, and should it all be airtight? Even when the new cable arrives it doesn't look like it'll be a 100% airtight fit around the cable ends.
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But when I tried this with the carb in pieces, I can see all the gubbins working all right, and looking through the barrel I can see broad daylight down the small choke hole, where the air must be rushing in (when choke's off). The choke cable has been snipped off 6 inches away from carb - and I didn't quite dare admit it, but I trimmed it down even further and slid on a sort of screw grip to yank on the choke wire, whilst I wait for the new one to arrive at the shop. Unless the dog's got it.īut had a bit of a Eureka moment. Got some sort of Wynn's acidic cleaner to make sure though, and left it all soaking. And now I've got it all in bits and pieces on the kitchen table, it's all pretty much clean anyway, as I'm sure you all guessed as well. It is in fact a Mikuni 26, not 28, as I'm sure you all guessed. Will let you know how I get on, not too sure I'll be able to attack it 'till the weekend.
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I also got an in-line fuel filter, coz I was a twit and didn't swill out the old tank before fitting, and I imagine thats full of bits and pieces which'll be tricky to get out now (bike been stood for a couple of years).įound this great post which taught me loads about carbs overnight, for any other bike newbie out there (that allowed eds?) Also, does the needle jet just push out (for cleaning)? Mine is more like 1cm, with normal screw bottom. Have you by any chance got a photo of that jet?Ĭalled in at the bike shop and he had a jet, but it had a sort of extended hexagonal nut on the bottom (about 2cm long), which he said wouldn't work. PS Pop in if anyone wants stop-off in Frech Alps. Battery dead, but otherwise not too bad shape. Then revs to 5k and if taken beyond sort of splurges and dies, feeling very 'chokey'.Ĭan ride it up and down drive to 5k, anything beyond go into nightmare cut-out scenario. Stuck it all on (and off, and back on several times), as per handbook - checked cable play for carb and oil pump (and for body sitting on carb bed, throttle off), set screw at 1 and half turns, and idle screw at just lifting body - fired up to my amazement. Converting to use in the woods with kids PW80's etc.Ĭame without carb and cut cables, so found standard s/h Mikuni 28 VM. Just got Kawasaki KMX 125 from year 2000 approx.