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Thank you so much for your help first and foremost got it to run and idle pretty good but not satisfied as there is a little hesitation when I give it gas it doesn’t die but I still think I’ve got to get in there again with a tiny wire maybe some guitar string and get through that tube probably...
Well that might be my issue couldn’t see through it tried running a pipe cleaner through it and it felt like it bottomed out was able to blow through it but not see light is it hollow the whole way through it should I force something through it to clear it or does it shoulder down to a pin hole
Just wondering if the slow jet is instrumental in idle
ok so I cleaned the carbs again super thoroughly and now it starts with the key but runs really rough but doesn’t die out if I give it gas it boogs down if I rev it like a motorcycle I can get up to a higher rpm and run shifts into gear at...
I did just clean the carbs replaced plugs changed fuel filter verified fuel and water pump are good checked intake and exhaust valve gaps all good fresh gas checked fuel tank filter and cap vent everything is checking out which I’m thinking your right about the carbs I should of flushed the fuel...
So the motor won’t fire unless I raise the diaphragm lever on the throttle rod linkage and I have to play with that up and down to keep it at idle the dashpot check valve is good pull the top tube off check valve and it raises is this a vacuum loss for actuating the diaphragm