Serowbot wrote on 04/19/12 at 16:33:01:Sure,.. buy the kit... You mostly want the new float needle and seat, but WTF?,.. might as well put clean new jets in there, being that the bike has sat so long... and, clean, clean, clean... spray lots o' carb cleaner (all brands the same, buy cheap), and blow through all passages with compressed air, if you can...
Best luck, call if there's a problem..
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Thanks serowbot. I will look at some carb kits and pick one up.
Hey good news for me finally!
I pulled out the carb much faster than anticipated (45 minutes)
I removed the bowl once more and noticed the gasket is cracked. Now I know, I gotta replace that gasket.
Now the funny nipple-looking cap that is on the top of the carb has some seriously tight screws on it. How do you suggest I remove them without any stripping damage? (I sprayed some WD-40 on it and will try that again later.)
BTW, Clymer manuals rock. And so do you guys. I appreciate all this feedback. I have moved up from the abysmal crevasse of apathy and am ready to kick this carb's A$$...in a good, fix-it-up, fatherly kinda way
I saw what I think was the needle (long brass thing poking into the bowl with a tiny hole). I see that the black tube (maybe diaphragm) is kinda creeping along it's passageway, not very smooth. I will pick up some carb cleaner to clean up everything.
So yeah, any tips on the carb would be great.