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Posted by vf24renegade
 - July 15, 2013, 21:22:30 PM

Thank you. I figured I'll need to repair the carb. I'll take your advice as soon as practicable.

Posted by Troll
 - July 15, 2013, 20:35:50 PM

Sounds like a plugged pilot jet. Disassembly required. The actual part is pretty cheap, but cleaning it is cheaper...you shouldn't need any gaskets, since the bowl is sealed with an o ring. DO NOT USE any hard item to clean out the hole, soak it in a solvent...I would start with the sea foam you already have, full strength. Pull all the jets and put them in a sea foam bath and forget about them for a couple of days. I used to rebuild carbs all the time. The solvent/dip I used is no longer available...causes cancer in pregnant rats in California, or some such foolishness. It would clean out the gunk in about an hour, smelled terrible, stained your hands, but it WORKED!

Posted by vf24renegade
 - July 15, 2013, 20:12:13 PM

My Drifter is running funny. IT will only idle with the choke on. On the road, it's functional with almost no spitting or surging, but at low RPM's it sputters and pops esp. when decelerating. When coming to a stop, I have to pull the choke or it dies. When I do, I feel a surge of power and the engine smooths out for a bit. I noticed, with the air filter off, what seems to be a large volume of fuel coming out of the big needl jet just inside the throat which is moved by the vacuum valve.

As for the symptoms, I replaced spark plugs, checked screen to petcock, made sure fuel tank vent tube was clear, have vacuum at petcock, have fuel to carburetor, cleaned carb wth carb cleaner, so far have run 1 tank of gas with sea foam. It seems to have no power issues, but it will only idle with choke on and I have to gun the throttle a few times and carefully to get it to keep running while I acelerate until I get up to road speed and I can drive normally. I'd almost swear it wa running rich except the choke issue.

Thanks

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