serious post alert.
Im usually subversive, and only here for the LOL's but humor me for a sec....Id like to take a moment to say thankz.
Always considered myself decent at mechanical stuff... I can figure stuff out, and fix it...But, Early Days of bein into quads.. I never really understood Carburetors. I mean, I'd taken the bowls off of lawn mowers and all that, and cleaned them and put them back in. But I didn't "really" know exactly how they worked. Certainly didn't feel like taking one apart and "modding" it. Yeah I said modding!
But, I remember asking a simple question, and receiving a 7 paragraph response from Mr. M.D. with how each part of the carb and what it does when. I always imagined, I was the noob that broke the camels back that day, and he snapped. LOL! At the time I remember thinking "good lord, f**ker, I just wanted to know if i can replace single carb parts should I lose them in the garage, not write my harvard thesis"
but over time, you know.... that $hit made sense. And...Ive fixed quite a few other problems since that time, mostly from knowledge I learned from that post, and from all you fellas chiming in on other stuff.
Specifically, Over this last winter, I rebuilt my boat carburetor, even after being told its probably a timing problem or a cylinder dropping compression(it wasn't, it was a mechanic trying to score some easy cash). It died when you throttled back, and had a dead spot from 1500-2500 where it would hunt for fuel, bouncing back and forth from idle to 1500. Well, I Found "goo" in one of the main jets. Rebuild was a pain in the ass. and cleaning the manifold surface SUCKED. Its been sitting, and Ive been stressing. LOL Because, Haven't been able to start it-cold weather. Yesterday, got it out , threw on the muffs, primed it, and that b!tch fired right up. AND, I was only slightly off on my idle settings.
Point is....before RF and RS...I NEVER EVER would have bothered with ANY of that, and probably just paid someone, and maybe been screwed over. I figure, with boat, and all the little shit I've fixed over the years, Iv'e saved at least a few grand. And even made some $ fixing other peoples junk..
so thank you, rapterdudez. have a nice day.