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The supermarket here often has Turkey drumsticks for sale ( dunno what they do with the rest of it ) , I put a bit of garlic and herb seasoning on them , squirt of olive oil and bung em in the air fryer on 170℃ for 30 odd mins . :):)
If your worried about that throttle shaft there are a few things you can do
1/ make some brass bushed , I got thin wall brass tube from a model engineers shop with the ID the same as the throttle shaft dia , and used a few drills to ream out the carb body . I actually hammered the drill...
Do you have a multi meter , if you do set it to dc volts and put one probe on each of the solenoid main terminals ( the one from the battery and the one to the starter ) and crank the motor ...the volt meter should read zero or very close to it ...like no more than 0.1 or 0.2 v . If you...
Is this the large side cover looking thing with all the ribs on it in jimmbo's image above ( under his red arrow ) ? Im thinking that maybe if its just for the water jacket you may be able to use a thicker gasket with a bit of give ....like maybe rubberised cork . If its not to bad sometimes...
link and sync refers to the adjustment between the carb linkage - ignition advance and control cables . Its a methodical procedure so best have a few instructions in front of you , but its not hard to do . A shop will want a good chunk of cash to do the job and it might not be that ...
Give it a bit of a tune up Charlie :) it could be something as mundane as a change in fuel composition , but after a few years without a link and sync a small drop in idle speed is nothing to loose sleep over . As long as it starts well and doesnt stall when put in gear ...... Is the idle...
I have seen many solid stainless needles sitting in brass seats ....motorbikes and saws mostly . I do like the rubber tipped jobbies better tho ....just seems to make more sense
:)Thank you for that .....nobody else thought it was a bear tho , most thought a dog or mythical beast.........thats why I shoved it under the bush and let green stuff grow on it . Been there since May 2015 .
Actually the bushes were quite small when we moved there , on the right you can just...
