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Rapide Carburetor overhaul
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<blockquote data-quote="aaronabutt" data-source="post: 32830" data-attributes="member: 1787"><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Hi to all!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-size: 15px">In the process of trying to start my 49 Rapide after 20 odd years of sitting around, I put some oil in the orifices and some gas in the tank and gave her a few kicks. I couldnt change the oil that had been inside due to a stripped crank nut that is surrounded by the engine plate. I didn't have the tools to mess with that so I jsut thought I'd give it a try with the old crap inside. What a bad idea! ( I only saw this bike for a few weeks a year, which is why I was unprepared with no tools). Well it started to turn over but it was very hard, and it sputtered a few times over the course of a half hour of kicking, and kept shooting blackened oil all over my door from the overflow hose. Then, upon checking why gas wasnt flowing, I saw that the tank sludge had now gathered and had clogged my gas filter and gone into the carburetor. Hence the questions:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-size: 15px">1. Are my carbs gummed up throughout now, or is it just the float chamber that can be cleaned. I've cleaned Triumph carbs but these look a little more complicated. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-size: 15px">2. Is there anything I should be careful of when rebuilding these carbs if I have to go deeper than the float chamber? </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aaronabutt, post: 32830, member: 1787"] [FONT=arial black][SIZE=4]Hi to all! In the process of trying to start my 49 Rapide after 20 odd years of sitting around, I put some oil in the orifices and some gas in the tank and gave her a few kicks. I couldnt change the oil that had been inside due to a stripped crank nut that is surrounded by the engine plate. I didn't have the tools to mess with that so I jsut thought I'd give it a try with the old crap inside. What a bad idea! ( I only saw this bike for a few weeks a year, which is why I was unprepared with no tools). Well it started to turn over but it was very hard, and it sputtered a few times over the course of a half hour of kicking, and kept shooting blackened oil all over my door from the overflow hose. Then, upon checking why gas wasnt flowing, I saw that the tank sludge had now gathered and had clogged my gas filter and gone into the carburetor. Hence the questions: 1. Are my carbs gummed up throughout now, or is it just the float chamber that can be cleaned. I've cleaned Triumph carbs but these look a little more complicated. 2. Is there anything I should be careful of when rebuilding these carbs if I have to go deeper than the float chamber? [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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