anglia4 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 China Maikuni. Tis what all our race bikes run on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, anglia4 said: China Maikuni. Tis what all our race bikes run on Ha, that's what the dude now runs on his BMW. I haven't had much luck with the smaller knock offs, are the bigger ones OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 The ones we run are 28mm. I think we’ve had one faulty float out of like 6 carbs. They’re pretty good for ~$30 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vintage Grumble Posted December 13, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2020 Moar testing this afternoon. Tried different float needle, didn't really change anything. We think the choke plunger may be jamming on, causing the "not wanting to start under 70% throttle, and then hardly running, and then after a fiddle starting sweet as" issue, and it was still doing the "running out of gas after a period of full nangs, but then OK again if you idle around for a bit" thing, which was a bugger, but I have a couple of plans on solving this. Float needles, spot the rooted(er) one, Mr Jones going for a nang, Weed make boat go slow, I also have a plan to enhance my boating pleasure, so cunning, you could put a tail on it, and call it a weasel. Regards, VG. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltik Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 7 hours ago, Vintage Grumble said: I also have a plan to enhance my boating pleasure, so cunning, you could put a tail on it, and call it a weasel. Viagra! I knew it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, keltik said: Viagra! I knew it. I only just fit in that boat as it is 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 So the two spare motors had little diaphragm pumps on their intake manifolds, so I cracked these open to see if they were OK. One was turbo fucked/perished, but the other looked OK, just felt a little hard. I gave the good one a jolly good scrub up, as it was a bit grot, I slapped it on the boat and ran it, but it doesn't seem to pump at all, the diaphragm and one way flaps must be too hard. I also confirmed 100% that the choke sticks, and that it starts very well with a dab of engine start. So yeh, pity the pumps poked, I'll have to try the toat tank idea, and pump the primer if it loses power, to see if that helps. If that does help, then it's new carb time I guess. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Wang a ride on pump at it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Raizer said: Wang a ride on pump at it? Example pwease? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Just now, Vintage Grumble said: Example pwease? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Raizer said: Aww chur, probably worth a crack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 Hopefully I can find a 3/16 or 1/4 one, most mowers are about 5/16 I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 1/4" is what the Walbro ones have, think the Mikuni on my Husky is 1/4" too. https://www.walbro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Walbro_FPC_pump_PS_EN.pdf Running one of them on my green Gyro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datlow Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I’ve got one of these somewhere in my shed that I never ended up using, can attempt to find it if interested? https://www.mikunioz.com/shop/df44-211-fuel-pulse-pump-14lph/?v=8e3eb2c69a18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 5 hours ago, datlow said: I’ve got one of these somewhere in my shed that I never ended up using, can attempt to find it if interested? https://www.mikunioz.com/shop/df44-211-fuel-pulse-pump-14lph/?v=8e3eb2c69a18 Aww chur, yeh keen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datlow Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 20/12/2020 at 22:53, Vintage Grumble said: Aww chur, yeh keen. the (Barry) storage system works tho I still haven’t found my bike keys Pm sent 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vintage Grumble Posted December 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 22/12/2020 at 09:35, datlow said: So I got this ^ pump from @datlow (chur my bay) which arrived overnight, and I slapped it on in a temporary fashion for testing purposes, AND ITS FUCKEN FIXED IT!!!!! Praise be to Allah, it ran beautifully. We drove up to a bridge, and I did a few laps of some farmers paddock, and then we drove back, all without issue (until it ran out of gas, as in tank was bone dry) such a relief, I'm so happy I could shit a rainbow. @keltik should have some media for your viewing displeasure. Regards, V "fucking stoked" G. 24 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 This is most excellent news, after this afternoon, I am also ready for another testing outing. Very good, well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keltik Posted December 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2020 Proof that it runs Proof of a happy VG Testing shallow water performance Cleaning the intake grate afterwards is an easy job 13 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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