74\78 running..kinda

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74\78 running..kinda

snivie


i got it to run for like 20 seconds..no choke. pretty sure it was only hitting on 3, ive got some serious work ahead of me, but at least i heard her scream for the first time! my needles are too high, i think. i measured my floats really well and synced them real nice, but its leaking fuel from the T-type fuel tube joint, and from one of the float chamber gaskets.. such is the badass 74 carburetor life =]
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vern401
you may also have a bad needle and seat in the leaking carburetor. Check the float itself and make sure it has no liquid in the float itself. Its a nice looking clean engine. I look forward to reading on the progress.
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snivie
yeah, i ended up pitting it together super careful and isolated that leak, its those tiny little o-rings that connect the fuel line with that little t valve that rotates. my floats seem real dry inside, the needles though, idk about.
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Interesting use of the kicker
Never thought about it as a shifter.
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Maybe it's a matic? They kick on the left.
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I was wondering why the kick start is on the wrong side
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snivie
hahahaha i took that picture with my macbook cam, it flips pictures LOL. my kickstand IS on the right =]
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neat pic. made me look twice.
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wow  definitely a confusing pic    same side as the oil tank though     thats cool