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Guess I got to pull the carbs again.

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by colman, Sep 16, 2008.

  1. colman

    colman New Member

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    Aways back I did the Kreem coat job on my tank and swapped the old vacuum petcock out with a new on/off/reserve petcock. At that time I also pulled the carbs and cleaned them up. I left them on the rack and just blew things out and cleaned the bowls out and cleaned the jets and did the slide drop test. Everything was real good.

    Anyway, after putting it all back together and opening up the fuel, the third carb started spewing out the overflow. It shortly thereafter quit and all was good. I just wrote it off to things being dry and maybe hung up. Well, now after about 500 miles, the dang third carb is spewing again and won't quit this time.

    I know I need to go back into that carb and see what's up, but my question is can I get new float valve parts somewhere or do I have to just try to make do with what I have?
     
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    bill Active Member

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    Chacal has the needles and seats I just redid mine.

    Edit: sorry should have added in case you didn't know you can PM Chacal on this site. If you look in the for sale section he has an extensive list which s not everything he has. He has all the parts for your carbs you could ever want and the cleaning tools to do it right.
     
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    Check the fuel in your tank for particles. Some people have had problems with Kream coat.
     
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