RE: [Honda-C70] rebuilding carbs

Maggie : Here are 3 tips. The locks all have a code number on the back of the lock where it can`t be seen that can be used by Honda or a good locksmith to make keys that will match all the locks [if they are still a matched set]. If you take the steering lock or ignition lock off to get the code numbers put it in your pocket when you go to Honda or the locksmith . That way they can use the numbers or your key & you can test new key/keys on the spot.
My second tip is that the only wire I have found that is small enough to fit through the idle jet is the brass wire in a BBQ grill brush. It is brass like the jet so not likely to drill the hole out like a guitar string of steel. I have tried bread wrapper twist tie wire & it is as too fat ,like trying to stuff a fat cigar in a pencil sharpener. The hole you see on the end of the idle jet is NOT the jet hole. When you get ready to clean the carb draw a clock face with the slot in the idle air/mixture screw marked as a start point .Gently screw in counting turns until it just touches bottom ,don`t force it . Mark that slot mark on the clock face along with the turns . You can now remove the screw & know exactly where you need to set the screw on reassemble with in 1/12 of a turn. Good Luck ! Baby Huey ps I worked in a packing plant & hated every minute. I was the new guy that didn`t know anything & might quit tomorrow so no one cared. I stayed 9 months until the union got locked out so the company could repair the sewage ponds with no unemployment benefits because it was a " contract dispute " not a lay off.

To: Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com
From: maggimia56@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:02:54 +0000
Subject: [Honda-C70] rebuilding carbs

I have not rebuilt any carbs for years, but have done them in the past, just not this type, this small. My first rule is Always Lock the door and do not let sons 'help', learned that 1 the hard way...3 sons and none are mechanically gifted, or wood crafters/carpenters. Those genes must be recessive, oh, well.
I will probably order a kit soon, but have a lot of running to do and phone calls to make, contractors to deal with for air cond in house, strip a 110+ year old roof off that has never been stripped, knee walls, cross ties, a dormer built, new roof put on. . . so Little Bit might just get change of fuel, red bike gets plates and insurance this week so will get out of the garage and I can buy blanks to cut keys at $9/blank. Ouch, so will check the locksmiths in both Springfield, have to go to town anyway,and Jacksonville, have errands there this week. . and hope I find someone who can make me extra keys at a lower cost. . .
thanks for the tip about photos, I had not thought of that. I do admit to owning 2 Honda dealer shop manuals,the 1 with pages in zippered notebook and page sleeves is at Larry's as that's where most if not all the bike working gets done. . .
All 3 of our bikes have a key, but everything else I own has several keys, #3 son has Jeep here that came here with 1 key, I now have 3 keys for it...I like back up keys and I do not want to have to park the bike, hunt for a 'new' ignition switch, change it out and have no key for the helmet and front lock, or hunt for them and end up with 3 different keys to use on the bike...Maggie in IL

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