Peer Review - New Carb Rebuild Tutorial

[Nessism]

Slide 6 Vise-Grips not Vice grips. I think the latter may be handcuffs.

Got me a chuckle out of this comment (slip on my part).

[Barneycanoe]

Thank you Ed, this is going to be extremely helpful tonight!

Dave

[Graham]

Excellent work, nothing less than I would expect from you, truly spectacular.

A couple minor notes;

1. The old tutorial showed the use of a special tool, a pick made from a wooden stick and a piece of wire used to probe the small holes in carb body as well as the needle jet emulsion tubes and pilot jets. I still find this invaluable when cleaning carbs to ensure that these passages are spotless.

2. A little discussion of the fuel valve operation, at least checking the spring rebound of the plunger and the seat for wear may be warranted. I know these are small details, but most users are only going to use one guide for reference so they may not check this out.

3. It may be important to note which jets are fully seated and which are adjustable. One would hope they paid attention to this detail when disassembling carbs but sometimes carbs were a previous owners problem.

Thanks for updating this. I predict it will downloaded worldwide.

Good point.

The wire used in the old tutorial is the most important tool for cleaning jets.
Just because someone can see light thru a jet doesn’t make it clean.
A jet rolled for a minute with the wire thru it will clean most residue from the inside of the jet and restore it to the original size.

All passages should be blown clear with compressed air to remove any remaining carb cleaner.

If any float needle dosen't stop fuel flow 100% after cleaning then it should be replaced.
Don't forget float needle wear.