I remember my first carb cleaning. It was a joyous experience.
It sat in a plastic bowl with some petrol and a brush. I was in drawing room with bowl on centre table and armed with two types of screw drivers.
Cleaned the outside dirt. Opened the adjusting screws. Opened the petrol sump and a lot of petrol came out. Saw two shining metal drums.
Turned it upside down. Carefully noted its position and motion and a hanging valve attached to the drums. Made a mental picture to help me reassemble the delicate hanging valve. Took out the pin. Took out two inner jets. All done. Cleaned. Blew air through jets. Cleaned sump bottom walls of white powder sticking to bottom. The screw at bottom was hardest to turn.
Put it all together. A job well done. Satisfied. Started and adjusted race and mixture screws.
So easy. Fist time and all subsequent times.
I had help closely watching mechanic do it on every tuning visit. Learned by watching. First try. Success. Most tricky part was trying to remember how the delicate hanging valve was attached and repeat it while assembling.
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> I'd rebuild the carb. You probably don't even need the carb kit although having one ready to go can be helpful. Just be careful taking it apart and note where everything goes. Take pictures with a digital camera. Once you've done it once you can do it again in a half hour or so. If you get the gallon paint can of carb dip it will sparkle when you take it out, but be sure you get all the rubber and gasket parts out before dipping it.
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> Lots of people get new carbs and then complain that they never get as much bang out of them. Really it's one of the simplest carbs made. Don't be afraid of it. Go slow, take pictures and carefully clean everything with an old toothbrush. A digital camera is the best mechanics tool. "how the heck did this go together? -- let me look".
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> On Mon 20/06/11 8:51 AM , "MaggiMia" maggimia56@... sent:
> > I like the ease I can find stuff at E-bay, that's why I don't bother to
> > look for dolls/coll clothes/patterns/knitting stuff at other locations, I
> > don't have the time or patience to play hunt on line...so I go to e-bay,
> > it's quick and easy...Yahoo groups has that same ease of finding a group that will fit me, or my
> > wants and needs. And in the group I can find what I want or need, archives
> > works for me, and groups give a better chance to make some cyber friends
> > with common interests.I work in a meat processing plant, don't know anyone there that does much
> > knitting or other creative arts, don't know any one there that collects
> > dolls or sews for them, and the people I know with bikes, guys for the most
> > part, big bikes and go on bike runs with stops to drink, for the most part,
> > or ride big gold wings round town to be 1 of the cool people..not a group I
> > fit into..So, here I can find a spot to be a member, and people who are ok with my
> > occasionally silly or 'stupid' posts or questions..no forum for me, I will
> > stay here.Right now Little bit has a problem, probably fuel, probably the last gas I
> > put in 'her' and the host at the campground suggested Seafoam to cure all
> > the problems..from reading here I know if I follow his advice I can also
> > plan to remove, take apart, clean and re-build my carb, or buy Little Bit a
> > new one. . . I already knew from reading here to find stable (which took
> > some hunting, could not remember where in camper I tucked it away) or dump
> > the fuel and put in new and see what happens. The stable stuff helped
> > some, which helped me be more sure the problem was the gas..and now that I
> > am back home I will be dumping the fuel and putting in clean..and go from
> > there.Reading here in just a few weeks has taught me more about my little bike
> > than I could probably pick up at any forum.. Maggie in IL
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> > C70 Passport Not Running Right?
> > 1970-73 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw1970-73 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
> > http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw (scroll to sec.7.1 page
> > 101.jpg)1980-83 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/hu42c1980-81 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
> > http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec.18-1 page
> > 170.jpg)1982-83 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
> > http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec. 20-28 page
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> > 1980-81 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/z4zn61982-83 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/hw35c
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1970-73 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw
1970-73 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw (scroll to sec.7.1 page 101.jpg)
1980-83 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/hu42c
1980-81 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec.18-1 page 170.jpg)
1982-83 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec. 20-28 page 205.jpg)
1980-81 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/z4zn6
1982-83 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/hw35c
More resources for C70 Passports and Cubs:
http://www.shlaes.com/Vehicles/Scooter.htm
http://www.velodrome.com/HondaC70/HondaC70.html
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