It's time to remove this GoldWing's carburetors and clean'em up, inside and out.
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Initially, the float bowl on all carbs looks pretty good - not what was expected:
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Using air superiority, we've located the low speed jets!:
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Those need to be removed to ensure they are clean and I pray they are the fabled "press in" type! (They are!
) Using a drywall screw and small vice grips we can pop'em right out!:
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A bird's eye view looking down with the low speed jet removed:
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No light was visible when looking through them so first they'll get a short soak in penetrating oil:
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Then they got a wonderful 30 minute experience in a RevereWare hot tub.
Vinegar and Citrus Stripping Gel are added to the bathwater:
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And once removed they are really, really clean and light is visible through all drilled ports:
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The ports in the jets are so tiny that none of these wires would fit through them (bread tie, bread tie sanded to be thinner, an led bulb with a rigid filed lead):
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Floats were then adjusted to correct setting (little plug for Randakk's float setting tool here!):
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Rack was then reinstalled on the engine with 4 new intake elbow o-rings:
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The good news: it idles on it's own and doesn't quit.
The bad news: it still doesn't run good and more exploration is needed.
Here's the latest video after the carb rack was reinstalled:
https://youtu.be/Che1ikfTFXY
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It's zero degrees here in Colton, NY.
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~CrazyJerry~