Hello all!
Well, I just bought this off of AC48 and it runs. It's midnight, so I only ran it long enough to know that it runs... now I'll sleep happy.
I'm not sure what killed it originally in the sand pit, AC48 said it died on him and he wasn't able to revive it. So, knowing this, I tore the carb completely apart, used DA on a q-tip to clean out all o-ring seats. I didn't find anything stuck anywhere. The carb barrel was a little gummy but that was all I could really find wrong with the carb.
So, after cleaning it out, I put it back on then started to work on the starter. I'm a pull start guy, so the EZ-start was the first thing to be removed. Upon inspection, everything was as AC48 said. Used, but not abused. Minimal scratches on anything, it looked almost new.
So, I cleaned the pull starter I had (it was in a baggy for almost 2 years). The guy that gave it to me wasn't nearly as anal as I am when it comes to maintaining vehicles. The starter cord was so gummy and sticky that it would hardly roll itself back into the housing with it off the engine. So, I cleaned the cord with DA, re-wound the pull starter (about 4 times... God was testing my patience today) and installed it.
I then pulled the glow plug (engine still off the truck), squirted some ARO in the cylinder, and pulled the cord to make sure it would recoil... it wouldn't. Pulled it back off the engine and it wound fine. Found out that the one-way was so gummed up after sitting for a spell that I could barely rotate it with my hand. It was also stuck on the starter shaft so tight that I had to pry it off with a screwdriver.
So, I got that off, soaked it in DA while I had a smoke, spun it on a paper towel until it was clean, re-oiled the bearing and cleaned the shaft off thoroughly. Put it all back together and took it outside. On the third pull (after priming the carb) it fired off. I forgot to check what the break in needle settings were, but 5 turns out on the HSN and 1 turn out from flush on the LSN was enough to let it run pretty rich.
I'll tune it for performance tomorrow. But now, I can go to bed happy with a $350 REVO sitting on my table and know it's fully functional.
Sorry for the short novel, but I'm just busy being happy.
Well, I just bought this off of AC48 and it runs. It's midnight, so I only ran it long enough to know that it runs... now I'll sleep happy.
I'm not sure what killed it originally in the sand pit, AC48 said it died on him and he wasn't able to revive it. So, knowing this, I tore the carb completely apart, used DA on a q-tip to clean out all o-ring seats. I didn't find anything stuck anywhere. The carb barrel was a little gummy but that was all I could really find wrong with the carb.
So, after cleaning it out, I put it back on then started to work on the starter. I'm a pull start guy, so the EZ-start was the first thing to be removed. Upon inspection, everything was as AC48 said. Used, but not abused. Minimal scratches on anything, it looked almost new.
So, I cleaned the pull starter I had (it was in a baggy for almost 2 years). The guy that gave it to me wasn't nearly as anal as I am when it comes to maintaining vehicles. The starter cord was so gummy and sticky that it would hardly roll itself back into the housing with it off the engine. So, I cleaned the cord with DA, re-wound the pull starter (about 4 times... God was testing my patience today) and installed it.
I then pulled the glow plug (engine still off the truck), squirted some ARO in the cylinder, and pulled the cord to make sure it would recoil... it wouldn't. Pulled it back off the engine and it wound fine. Found out that the one-way was so gummed up after sitting for a spell that I could barely rotate it with my hand. It was also stuck on the starter shaft so tight that I had to pry it off with a screwdriver.
So, I got that off, soaked it in DA while I had a smoke, spun it on a paper towel until it was clean, re-oiled the bearing and cleaned the shaft off thoroughly. Put it all back together and took it outside. On the third pull (after priming the carb) it fired off. I forgot to check what the break in needle settings were, but 5 turns out on the HSN and 1 turn out from flush on the LSN was enough to let it run pretty rich.
I'll tune it for performance tomorrow. But now, I can go to bed happy with a $350 REVO sitting on my table and know it's fully functional.
Sorry for the short novel, but I'm just busy being happy.