1999 Honda Shadow ACE VT750 - Cleaning the Carbs “It’s Alive!”
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- Our friend Lance from Loving Care Small Engine Repair comes over to work on the large engine of the Honda Shadow ACE VT750. He does a very thorough walk through of a way you can try to clean the carbs without removing them from the bike.
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Great low tech fix. Thanks.
Absolutely. When I have something to share I try to pass it on so others can learn from it.
Nice to hear it run for a little bit
Now the battle is to keep it running!
Hello! Thanks for the video! I'm a bit stuck with my bike and may try this tomorrow. I take it there wasn't any trouble in getting the carb cleaner to pass through the fuel pump in to the carbs? Do you think it would be possible to put the drain screws back in and put carb cleaner through the gas line like you did here and in theory soak the carbs overnight with cleaner? I've seen others try something like that with seafoam without removing the carbs then drain it. Thank you, I am not too handy with this kind of thing.
I just pulled a pair of these carbs off and cleaned. The #40 pilot jets stop up easily..
When blowing through the fuel line back to the carb will the fuel pump restrict it from flowing back to the carb ?
I would disconnect the hose from the outflow port of the pump so the hose I'm using is now a straight shot to the carb. Because yes if u were blowing through the hose that comes straight from the tank to the pump, it would hit interference inside the pump without it running to cause suction on one side and outflow on the other.
I gotta tell you , before i pulled the carbs i figured I'd try your "method" my new to me 05 shadow only sat for a few weeks. After running ok ? Anyway it seems to have worked, in the garage. Will try on road tomorrow. But thinks, its so much less work than pulling the carbs.
I’m glad it worked. It did for us as well for a while. The bike had sat long enough that we ended blowing more gunk up into the carbs. Unfortunately we had to pull the carbs anyway.
@@barnbikebuilds8657 i drained the gas tank , i had originally put in marvel mystery oil (great product, used for decades) and stabil. Maybe just to much "stuff" less gasoline. ?? Anyway i have 2. 250cc scooters gas and go. So its easy to let the shadow sit. Think it will be on Craigslist soon.
you know what is fun, substituting carb cleaner for starting fluid when you need to seat a stubborn car tire, it's quite exciting and it does an efficient job removing the hair from you arms, oh yeah and it's better if you don't do it in your living room if your married, wifes tend to get a little testy when they come home and find a throw rug with a potted plant covering a big burned spot right in the center of the living room, but if your single what's one more big black ring in the carpet.....
Yeah…luckily I didn’t burn anything to the ground.
Will this clean the jets? Bike day too long. It runs but not good and i feel like it's the jets. Already drained fuel and put new fuel in.
So what is the fuel pump on this bike for if there's a carburetor..?
The fuel pump (at least on mine) was behind the battery box in front of the rear tire. I don’t think it was relocated there but I’m unsure.
I was told it is just to get the fuel back up to the carbs because the gas tank outlet is lower than the fuel intake port on the carb. Thus the fuel pump is to fight gravity
One can use a tiny wratchet wrench that accepts screwdriver bits.
Good advice.
I hope you did not have the pickup truck engine running while jumping the bike... Bike stator is rated at 12-13 amps and that trucks alternator is rated at about 130 amps.. You ll fry the electrical system on the bike..