Sunday, August 24, 2014

Cleaned and repaired the carburetor

Since the Honda engine came without a carburetor, I tore apart the clone's carb and cleaned it.  The choke lever was not fully opening or closing the choke plate.  I tried to figure out what was wrong while I had it disassembled, no luck there, but it seemed as though something was missing.  I had a friend take a look at it and he figured it out.  There was supposed to be a nub on the lever, which had sheered off (the lever is plastic, so how long could it have possibly lasted??).  My friend advised me to drill a tiny hole where the nub had been and to thread a screw in and cut it off to length.  He even gave me a tiny screw!  I was very appreciative, as usual.  (This is not the first time that he has helped in matters such as these.)

The carb cleaned up nicely and I am pretty confident that it will do its job.



I need to check the service manual to make sure the float is set up correctly

I somehow drilled the hole at a slight angle (with a drill press) but the linkage now works as it should.

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