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spacebugCarburetor has been swabbed with caustic cleaning agents and reassembled.
It all looked pretty tidy in there, so I hope it actually did something besides get my hands dried out and make my house all fumey. I have a feeling that the bigger problem is the gasket from the engine to the carburetor (where the gas was leaking) hardening up. I wish that it was light out so that I could go put everything back together and see if it works. If nothing else, it turns out that the inside of a carburetor is full of nifty looking stuff. All the internal fittings and jets are made of brass, even the parts that apparently are made of plastic on newer bikes.
Yay, vintage.
It all looked pretty tidy in there, so I hope it actually did something besides get my hands dried out and make my house all fumey. I have a feeling that the bigger problem is the gasket from the engine to the carburetor (where the gas was leaking) hardening up. I wish that it was light out so that I could go put everything back together and see if it works. If nothing else, it turns out that the inside of a carburetor is full of nifty looking stuff. All the internal fittings and jets are made of brass, even the parts that apparently are made of plastic on newer bikes.
Yay, vintage.
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Date: 2006-10-17 04:42 am (UTC)