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backwoods mechanic meets me
Posted 04-30-2009 at 04:06 PM by supertackyman
ok so as most of you are aware I have a motorcycle that is 35 years old, and luck be the reason that it still runs. sometimes i cant figure out how.
lately, since it warmed up out here in nevada, it hasnt run as well as it should. several removal and what i thought to be complete cleanings of the carbuerator only made things worse. even though i put things back the way that they were, minus dirt particles and gunk. the other day i took it off to clean it "one last time" before committing to professional help. This is what I found:
( a quick lesson an carbeurator mechanics to those that may not understand. imagine a carbureator as one of those old squeeze bulb perfume atomizers. as air passes over a submerged tube it draws the liquid up through the tube and vaporizes it out thru the nozzle.
now a carb has more tubes like that of various size and function but lets just consider the tube i was takling about on the atomizer. normally there is a hole that leads from the resivoir in the carburator (bowl) to a hollow bolt called a jet. the jet controls how much fuel can flow into the "vaporizer" tube. that "vaporizor" tube also has a flow control on it which would be referred to as the throttle.) lesson finished.
heres what happened:
some backwoods mechanic before me removed the jet assembly completely. having finished with that, a regular bolt was used to replace it.
then, since gas was leaking out around the threads, they took a lead .22cal bullet and plugged the hole that leads to the jet from the bowl with it.
I dont know how i rode 3300 miles with the equivialent of a 100% clogged a main jet. the only fuel it was getting was through the other, more secondary, holes and jets.
anyhow, i quickly fashioned a plug to keep gas from leaking out of the carb but still allowing it to flow where it was supposed to for a change and put it back on. runs much more powerfully now. has some real scoot.
now all i have to do is track down and get the right part.
lately, since it warmed up out here in nevada, it hasnt run as well as it should. several removal and what i thought to be complete cleanings of the carbuerator only made things worse. even though i put things back the way that they were, minus dirt particles and gunk. the other day i took it off to clean it "one last time" before committing to professional help. This is what I found:
( a quick lesson an carbeurator mechanics to those that may not understand. imagine a carbureator as one of those old squeeze bulb perfume atomizers. as air passes over a submerged tube it draws the liquid up through the tube and vaporizes it out thru the nozzle.
now a carb has more tubes like that of various size and function but lets just consider the tube i was takling about on the atomizer. normally there is a hole that leads from the resivoir in the carburator (bowl) to a hollow bolt called a jet. the jet controls how much fuel can flow into the "vaporizer" tube. that "vaporizor" tube also has a flow control on it which would be referred to as the throttle.) lesson finished.
heres what happened:
some backwoods mechanic before me removed the jet assembly completely. having finished with that, a regular bolt was used to replace it.
then, since gas was leaking out around the threads, they took a lead .22cal bullet and plugged the hole that leads to the jet from the bowl with it.
I dont know how i rode 3300 miles with the equivialent of a 100% clogged a main jet. the only fuel it was getting was through the other, more secondary, holes and jets.
anyhow, i quickly fashioned a plug to keep gas from leaking out of the carb but still allowing it to flow where it was supposed to for a change and put it back on. runs much more powerfully now. has some real scoot.
now all i have to do is track down and get the right part.
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I probably shouldn't laugh, but that's pretty damn funny.
And thanks for the education on the carburetor, well done!Posted 04-30-2009 at 04:26 PM by MoodsR4Cattle
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Thanks moods!
its ok to laugh, I did.
some of the things I have seen that constitute a "reapir" while doing apartment maintenance would probably blow your mind.
the number one thing in my mind that sticks out though is the apartment that had peel and stick floor tile on the walls inside the shower, instead of one of those plastic enclosures or porcelain tile. with drywall screws holding each tile on at the corners and center because the water was making them peel off.Posted 04-30-2009 at 06:02 PM by supertackyman
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lol... its amazing what some people will do to fix something they know nothing about and to avoid paying someone to do it correctlyPosted 05-02-2009 at 03:17 AM by synthetic
