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« Reply #30 on: November 28, 2007, 11:31:11 AM » |
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I have been round and round with this problem and the best answer i can give is at one point and time for whatever reason i cant remember the carbs were changed so they only had one adjustment screw so if the carb air cleaner etc... is not perfectly clean or the weather is not correct (i believe Chris was having problems with his twin in the winter like me) they will not run properly. i will try to call g-team tomorrow and see what don has to say (he has been studying twins quite a bit lately from what i hear.
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« Reply #31 on: December 08, 2007, 09:16:34 AM » |
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Just an update...
Got a carb kit, worked with my 12 year old son to rebuild it as a lesson.
Fired it up and appears it would run on out now.
Backed it out for a spin and popped the starter gear off the top of the starter. lol
Tried to get it back together but the top washer is cracked and slipping over the clip.
Have another started on the way. Hopefully it will get here soon.
Can't win...
-Stephen
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« Reply #32 on: December 16, 2007, 09:37:37 AM » |
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Stephen,
Did you ever get that thing lined out? I still have not on my yard mower. Cleaned the carb, it looks like a shiny new penny, inside and out. Won't start without priming the carb, then runs sketchy. New fuel line and filter, cleaned air filter, new gas. What all is in a carb kit? Any parts for the fuel pump? I don't think it is the carb, but maybe the pump. Help!?!? Tom
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« Reply #33 on: December 16, 2007, 12:26:01 PM » |
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Tom, I beileve you have to buy a fuel pump kit seprate from the carb kit... Last time I checked for my kohler thats what I had to do...
Taylor
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« Reply #34 on: December 20, 2007, 06:07:23 AM » |
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The carb kit they sold me was not the exact one for my carb. I had to reuse the top gasket but it was in good shape.
It DID come with a new diaphragm and springs for the fuel pump.
We finally did get a starter, got it running again in the garage and then was hit with an ice storm and power outages last week so I haven't tried running it out yet. It's been in the 30's most of the time and dark when I get home. I hate this time of the year project wise. :-(
I did read somewhere else that someone had a similar problem and there was some small debris in the main jet keeping the flow down. I could not get the cover nut off the main jet on the bench and left it but that is the next thing I am going to check if the rebuild didn't work. I have family coming in for Christmas Saturday but took off Friday so hopefully my son and I will mess with it then. It's supposed to be nice weather finally as well.
Will report back soon
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« Reply #35 on: December 21, 2007, 05:57:08 AM » |
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I guess I will get that pump rebuild kit. The carb is perfect inside.Carb cleaner and compressed air,does the trick every time.
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« Reply #36 on: January 13, 2008, 09:06:40 AM » |
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Just an update of some sorts. The carb kit did seem to help. I also re-adjusted the gov and am now getting about 3,000 rpm out of it. Also figured out that the existing shift linkage was not going into 6th gear. Ended up with about 18mph now... but with the horsepower/torque it gets there VERY fast...  It should still be faster on paper but I am not worrying too much about that for now since it still only has the transaxle rear brake. I also re-adjusted the throttle linkage to get the idle correct and full throttle and fixed the throttle pedal to feel better. Also put some mufflers on it.. way to annoying to ride very much like that to me (an the neighbors too I would guess). Here's a little vid; |
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« Reply #37 on: January 13, 2008, 11:01:40 AM » |
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Sounds like you might have a bad coil... Seems like it's only running on one cyl most of the time...
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« Reply #38 on: January 13, 2008, 02:19:11 PM » |
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That thing is pretty awesome. Looks cool!
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« Reply #39 on: January 13, 2008, 04:42:03 PM » |
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I tend to agree with Chris thats its not firing in both cylinders all the time. Pull the plugs and see if theyre gapped right, you might even try just replacing them. If that doesnt help, try another coil.
question: after you run it for a long period of time and the engine is good and hot,shut it off and try to start it again. If it seems to have trouble starting again its the coil going bad.
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« Reply #40 on: January 13, 2008, 05:40:58 PM » |
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I agree with Phil and Chris sounds like you have a coil going bad.....
Taylor
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« Reply #41 on: January 13, 2008, 06:52:10 PM » |
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That's how my Wizard ran, then it started stranding me everywhere... Then it just up and wouldn't start anymore. I replaced the coil and SHAZAM! It ran like a raped ape. Had much more power too.
That thing is cool though, I need to build myself a buggy!
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« Reply #42 on: January 14, 2008, 04:53:06 AM » |
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That thing is cool though, I need to build myself a buggy!
You need to build El Toro, the Wizard, the S10, and the recovery mower first  lol -Phil |
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« Reply #43 on: January 14, 2008, 06:47:09 AM » |
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You need to build El Toro, the Wizard, the S10, and the recovery mower first lol -Phil  |
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« Reply #44 on: January 14, 2008, 01:51:16 PM » |
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HAHA LOL! Chris you have too many projects! |
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