Hey all, one more post....

 

When I transfer everything off of my old engine to my new engine, should I clean anything? It's a bloody mess... I would have liked to have upgraded the carb as some recommended, but for time and money I just need to stick with what I have... here's my concern though. If you look at my pictures (jfbpix.blogspot.com), there's some of that brown goo all they way up inside the air intake - which means it must be into the carb!!! What can I (should I) do at this point prior to starting her up?

 

Thanks for the replies! I greatly appreciate the tips you've provided so far.

Just to add to this, I posted a pic of the carb close up:

 

To clean or not to clean???

 

hmmm, doesn't seem to want to post my pic:

http://jfbpix.blogspot.com/

of course clean it. Shouldn't come back for many miles unless you are using old stuck pcv stuff.

acid bath, and all new seals

Yuckies.

 

Yeah - I would blow out the PCV passages with compressed air, and probably (if it were me) take the top off the carb and blow that out too. Same with vacuum lines, etc.

 

Acid is a bad idea - there's too many plastic parts you would harm inside the carb.

 

GD

Yeah, I cleaned out the lines... remember the brown sludge that was in the engine, remember I said I drained 8 quarts out of this thing (honestly), well...

 

Once it's running, I've got a mechanic on the hook, he's said he'll go over it and clean the carb for me. I just had that done to my motorcycle... miracles, man, miracles! To have a clean carb, properly floated, etc...