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  • #16
    On early style carbs you can get major flooding if the fuel line is connected to one of the upper "T"s between carb pairs as that is a vent fitting, not a fuel supply fitting. This should not be your problem as it sounds like you are workingon later style carbs, which are the only ones with o-rings around the body of the float valve. These are later model carbs, aren't they?
    Ken Talbot

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    • #17
      And the winner is.....

      Originally posted by planedick View Post
      The diaphram in the petcock may be bad allowing the gas to enter the vac port on #3 cyl.
      Thanks, I kept asking myself "what is different about this carb?" and the answer was one of the the vacuum ports. I took apart the fuelcock and sure enough there was a small rip in it.

      This has saved me a lot more "dicking" around (sorry planedick, I couldn't resist). At least now I am pretty good at removing and replacing the carb set.
      Kawasaki 74 XL400S, 83 550 GPz
      Honda 86 GL1200, 80 XL500S, 82 750 Nighthawk
      Yamaha 78 XS1100E, 80 XS1100G, 92 YZ80
      Suzuki 82 GS650L

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      • #18
        Oh darn

        Now I'm gonna hurt my arm patting myself on the back so much....
        You can't stay young forever, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

        '78E "Pathfinder" Show bike...
        Lovingly restored by Dave Delzell
        Drilled airbox
        Tkat fork brace
        Hardly mufflers
        late model carbs
        Newer style fuses
        Oil pressure guage
        Custom security system
        Stainless braid brake lines

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        • #19
          glad u got it sorted.
          pete


          new owner of
          08 gen2 hayabusa


          former owner
          1981 xs1100 RH (aus) (5N5)
          zrx carbs
          18mm float height
          145 main jets
          38 pilots
          slide needle shimmed .5mm washer
          fitted with v/stax and uni pod filters

          [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pA8dwxmAVA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/url]

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