May 8, 200718 yr i just put on a different carb (craptachi) and it runs good. the only thing thats wrong is that it idles at like 1800rpm and the idle adjust screw doesnt work. on my other carb that didnt work either. is this a problem on most hitachi carbs? is it easy to fix? how do i fix it? thnx -D
May 8, 200718 yr i just put on a different carb (craptachi) and it runs good. the only thing thats wrong is that it idles at like 1800rpm and the idle adjust screw doesnt work. on my other carb that didnt work either. is this a problem on most hitachi carbs? is it easy to fix? how do i fix it? thnx -D Did you adjust the throttle cable so there is slack? Also is the Choke functioning? if it is misadjusted or sticking it could be keeping you at a *high idle* like it does for warm up. It is normal for the engine to Idle at up to 2500 rpms for 10-15 min till fully warmed up.
May 8, 200718 yr Author Did you adjust the throttle cable so there is slack? Also is the Choke functioning? if it is misadjusted or sticking it could be keeping you at a *high idle* like it does for warm up. It is normal for the engine to Idle at up to 2500 rpms for 10-15 min till fully warmed up. i let it warm up and drove it around too and it didnt kick down it just went higher.......is the choke the big round thing in the back of the carb? yeah there is slack in the cable
May 8, 200718 yr I'm glad that carb worked for ya. Ever figure out what that electrical connection was for? I sure didn't. Couldn't find anything under the dash that it would plug into. Maybe thats for the choke?
May 8, 200718 yr I'm glad that carb worked for ya. Ever figure out what that electrical connection was for? I sure didn't. Couldn't find anything under the dash that it would plug into. Maybe thats for the choke? You do know that 84 used a different Carb than 83 and ealier. The 84 Carb is actually alomst identical to the 85 EA82 Carbs. the big differeence being a 2 stage Choke Vac pulloff. I think you could make the older carb work, but this may be part of the problem if you got a differenet Carb. Vaccum Leaks on a Carbed engine ussually cause it to idle poorly and low.
May 18, 200718 yr I found that there needs to be more slack than you might think on the cable... I adjusted mine to what I thought was just less than tight, and had the same symptoms as you. Loosening it off fixed it up pronto!
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now