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I not so long ago bought a Homie 650 on ebay. I finally had a chance to get in the garage with a few budies and see if it would run.
Well, at first I was a little concerned looking at some marks on the piston
through the carb. Turned it over by hand and felt a little resistance at the top of the piston stroke.
So, I/We pulled the plug, inspected and put some liquid wrench in the spark plug hole etc and turned it over slowly using the clutch.
Flushed the cyl with carb cleaner and dumped out the plug hole.
After a few minutes it started to feel good. Sooo, we went to compression test time.
Put the plug back in and She tested at a solid 150 psi and probably better but my arm wore out as my buddies laughed and popped open a beer.
Grrrrrrr!
Next we went after the carb/intake integrity. It was ugly!
Filthy in the carb housing under the filter. The carb boot was trashed and some bozo tried to goop it up in the past to make it work. Well, I'm betting he failed.
Next we cleaned everything and installed a new carb boot that luckily I had from a previous restoration. This task is a pain in the A@@ that requires at least 4 hands and at least 1 other holding a beer.
All said and done with the carb work then came the try me out. A few drops of good gas at AMSOIL 32:1 through the carb and it came to life in a big way. Next a pint in the tank with choked and it ran great!
Looking Fwd to trying it out in a nice chunk of 24" white pine etc.
Success!!!!!! Photos to follow.......
Well, at first I was a little concerned looking at some marks on the piston
through the carb. Turned it over by hand and felt a little resistance at the top of the piston stroke.
So, I/We pulled the plug, inspected and put some liquid wrench in the spark plug hole etc and turned it over slowly using the clutch.
Flushed the cyl with carb cleaner and dumped out the plug hole.
After a few minutes it started to feel good. Sooo, we went to compression test time.
Put the plug back in and She tested at a solid 150 psi and probably better but my arm wore out as my buddies laughed and popped open a beer.
Grrrrrrr!
Next we went after the carb/intake integrity. It was ugly!
Filthy in the carb housing under the filter. The carb boot was trashed and some bozo tried to goop it up in the past to make it work. Well, I'm betting he failed.
Next we cleaned everything and installed a new carb boot that luckily I had from a previous restoration. This task is a pain in the A@@ that requires at least 4 hands and at least 1 other holding a beer.
All said and done with the carb work then came the try me out. A few drops of good gas at AMSOIL 32:1 through the carb and it came to life in a big way. Next a pint in the tank with choked and it ran great!
Looking Fwd to trying it out in a nice chunk of 24" white pine etc.
Success!!!!!! Photos to follow.......