Reply To: Is it still a project when I haven’t done anything yet

[BernieParticipant]

Larry,

If you have the early carb then I would assume you also have the long cylindrical air cleaner, as shown in the manual.  When I got mine the felt filter element was so contaminated with accumulated muck that it was literally solid.  I tried washing with petrol but that made no impression and, in the end, I obtained new felt and remade the guts.  I could not get the correct thickness of a suitable filter grade felt so I used a double thickness of a thinner material.

I am not suggesting that a clean filter will solve the problems that led you to start this particular topic but I can assure you it will make for much more efficient carburation when you are running.

B…………..