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Offline joeb

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85 1200 honda aspencade carbs
« on: December 30, 2007, 02:42:49 PM »
Had to change my choke cable so I figured I would clean out the carbs  while I had them out . Well long story  short I put them back on and no fuel to the carbs.  I have fuel to the carbs but nothing gets to the float bowls. Any ideas?????? :-\  HAd the drains open and no fuel gets to none of the carbs.  Motor will run on starer fluid but will die shortly after runs thru the system.  Adn bowls still empty.  Any ideas short of pulling the carbs again will be helpfull .  Thanks Joeb

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Re: 85 1200 honda aspencade carbs
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2007, 05:58:05 PM »
Could all floats be stuck closed?  Seems unlikely, but...   You could try the old "tapping with a screwdriver handle"trick, or maybe some compressed air down the fuel inlet.  Good Luck!
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Re: 85 1200 honda aspencade carbs
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2007, 10:57:36 PM »
You did put the floats in the right way up?
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Re: 85 1200 honda aspencade carbs
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2007, 11:00:51 PM »
You did put the floats in the right way up?
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Re: 85 1200 honda aspencade carbs
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2008, 08:51:19 PM »
Well believe it or not all the floats were stuck closed but I got them to work without pulling the carbs. I guess they did not like the position they were in.

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Re: 85 1200 honda aspencade carbs
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2008, 07:15:19 AM »
How did you get them unstuck?
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Re: 85 1200 honda aspencade carbs
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2008, 02:38:16 PM »
I used a small vibrating sander with no sand paper and touched the bottoms of the carbs and It was enough to get them to move. ;D 

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Re: 85 1200 honda aspencade carbs
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2008, 04:40:47 PM »
Now that's some news you can use! I never would have thought of that, Thanks :D
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