its making me crazy

[mrutah12]

TOOK MY CARBS BACK OFF TODAY TAKING APART AGAIN WHEN I PULLED NUBER #3 FUEL BOWL OF I FOUND THIS CRAP IN THE BOTTOM IT LOOKS LIKE JELLY ALSO FOUND IT IN NUMBER 4 BOWL AS WELL .

ALSO THESE MUST BE CARB OF OF SOMETHING ESLE THEY DONT HAVE THE RUBBER PLUG COVERING THE PIOLT JET THERE IS A SCREW COVERING THEM ALSO MY # 4 PILOT JET EARS ARE BROKE TRYING TO FIGURE A WAY TO TAKE IT OUT DONT KNOW WHAT TO USE TO REMOVE IT SO I CAN REPLACE IT


SO I GUESS IM SAYING HELP! SORRY THEY ARE OUT OFF FOCUS MY GOOD CAMERA IS DEAD NEED NEW BATTERY IN IT WELL BUY SOMEBODY DINNER IF THEY CAN HELP

[John]

The screw covering the pilot jet is OEM for 78-79 carbs. Good chance your carbs are correct. I think some rebuild kits come with the rubber plugs, intended to replace the screws. There is no need to replace those screws. Have you tried a small screw extractor to remove the pilot jet? Insert the extractor with a couple of sharp blows with a hammer, and turn it counter clockwise.

[fredintoon]

Broken jet removal

Hi mrutah,
another thing to try is a just smaller than the jet's thread size left-handed drill-bit. Most amateur bench drills won't run backwards so you are most likely stuck with using a hand-held electric drill that can be set to run backwards. Be real gentle. With luck the drill-bit will bind in the jet's soft brass and thread it out for you.
Fred Hill, S'toon.

[mason79]

that jelly crap looks like softened silicone someone used to seal gas gauge float or petcocks, yeah i think silicone don't mix well with gas

[mro]

Have you ever cleaned the fuel tank?
Are you using in-line fuel filters?

I like the reverse drill idea to remove pilot screw, but would first try using an awl. (like a very heavy needle with a handle)
I've been lucky getting a few out with one. Stick the point of awl on the out side edge of screw, slight angle clock wise and try to spin out screw. Little wizard oil don't hurt.
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If you have a drill press and are trying to get it out with the reverse twist bit, can lower bit to center of screw and then turn chuck by hand while applying light pressure on press, as screw starts to turn lighten up slowly on pressure. You may need someone to help hold carb in place.


mro

[mrutah12]

carb crazy

thanks for the info well see if we carry a reverse drill bit or an easy out at my job tomarrow when i go to work as far as the gas tank it looks brand new inside and yes im using inline filters would not do it anyother way glad to know there the right carbs have to order the spings that go over the needle and the little washers as well po took them out will also do bench sync then i will take it for a run i think they are out of sync put my needles back to there stock position and it ran like crap so im going change out my mains and pilot jets whikle i have it apart going to dip it to really give a good cleaning also going to move needle setting again put it back on 4th setting like it was before maybe drill the air box out once i find the link here to learn how to do that one question though should i increase the plug gap because i am using some new coils from mikes xs or leave them sock

[TopCatGr58]

NOOOOOO.....DON'T DIP THEM!!!!

Hey Utah,

Hopefully you'll see this message BEFORE you soak your carbs. The bucket carb cleaner is too harsh for the rubber seals around the butterfly shafts, and you can ruin them by soaking them. This will cause massive vacuum leaks, and really make it run poorly!

All that is needed for the carb bodies is usually just some good spray carb cleaner. Soaking is for the removable metal parts, jets, nozzles, etc!

Interesting question, I left mine the same gap, but yeah, you're possibly right, a stronger coil may be able to provide a stronger spark over a larger gap making a larger spark flame front??

Okay technical gurus, what's the right answer??
T.C.

[mro]

I've a set of dyna coils on the hot rod XS,
standard gap on plugs been working fine.


mro

[pggg]

My dynacoils have the plugs with 1mm gaps, about 25% larger spark, but makes not a shred of difference to the bikes' performance

[mrutah12]

carb crazy

ok nooooo dipping the main bodys got that thanks tc will just use it for main jets etc ok maybe i wont regap plugs but is the air box hole making ok? going to rejet anyway cant really get a good idea on the plug right now because of the way it was running have to replace the one spring that sits on top of the needle also need the little washers that go there to looks like po took them out my service manual cd i have shows them being there and they arent also will bench sync them before i put them back on any thing else i might need to know before i proceed with this operation because i am getting really tired of not being able to ride with the 2 wheels between my legs cars are ok but there nothing like riding with the wind in your face and the bugs in your teeth that the ture meaning of a happy rider all help is greatly appericiated and thanked like i said before anybody in my area would like to help i will buy them supper almost forgot when i finally get the bugs worked out if anybody has a new style windjammer fairinm they would like to sell or trade for they can have my pacifico faring in trade i really dont like it. it seems to big

[mro]

Before doing any mods.....(like putting holes in air box)
would just get it running right.
Mods done before bike running right can make trouble shooting kompliziert


mro