Topic: And so it begins

[Ryan66]

Im gonna leave the carbs as four for now for ease of re installing. What can i soak them in after i take the jets and everything out? Want to get them somewhat clean. 50/50 simple green?

[Bankerdanny]

That bowl is cleaner than the ones on my carbs when I pulled them.

I bought carb soak from the local AutoZone. It's a one gallon can and comes with a plastic strainer. The can is just large enough to hold one carb body and related parts.

I soaked each carb for about 20 minutes, then used a can of carb cleaner and a tooth brush to clean out any remaining gunk. The hose for the carb cleaner fits neatly in the end of the jet, so I rescrewed it to the needle seat and sprayed cleaner through the jet to make sure the passage was completely clean.

[Ryan66]

I was told to boil them in lemon juice. What kind of ratio lemon juice to water is needed and for how long?

[Bankerdanny]

Just buy the carb cleaner and don't waste time trying to sort out home brews. It's not like it costs hundreds of dollars.

[Ryan66]

I think the lemon juice bowl is for the carb bodies to get the 30 year old crud off of them. As for the jets and bowls im gonna soak them in simple green for awhile and then over night in carb cleaner

[Ryan66]

So inspecting my carbs my number 1 carb the slide doesnt move. The arm that pulls the slide barely moves. any ideas on that? i pull on the throttle wheel and the slides go halfway up. Arent the slides supposed to go all the way up?

[70CB750]

My slides were stuck too.  He!! I had to cut 3 out of 4 throttle cables to get carburetors out.  Took it apart and used extensively carb cleaner.  Also scotchbrite soaked with cleaner. 

[Ryan66]

I got it unstuck. But now the number 1 slide sits a little higher then the rest. If i push down on i think its the big 12mm with the spring inside it pushes the slide down where it should be. The other three i cant push down like that

[Ryan66]

Some updates on here. Ordered some very nice blinkers front and rear from dime city. Awaiting patiently for them. Upon taking the headlight off it seems somebody was into the wiring at least on the blinkers. So now ith new blinkers ill run new wires as well. Gonna cut down the rear fender as well this week. Carbs are awaiting my rebuild, got the kits just been lazy lol. I need the right side control switches and wires if anyone knows of any. Then ill check the timing, oil and filter change and hopefully start it up. Then its tank dents, clubmans, and a seat fab