HI rajeev, Feels good to solve problems on the pulsar, these days they dont seem to come by only.
> - Started the bike with the selfstarter on a decently cold morning. Bike > started as expected in such weather, with two tries or so. Choke/No Choke ? After driving > There was some apparant muddiness in the petrol for 1 second, as it freely > flowed out from the pipe. Put the pipe back. Started the bike. > - In stationary condition, the bike would idle easily at 1000 RPM. However, > the moment the accelerator was given, it would cut the engine. > I am thinking it was dirt in the carb. Does it have a seive of some kind > that can be cleared? I have never opened this carb with my own hands > earlier. Only carb that I have ripped apart various times and reassembled > was from a lambretta 150, and that was some 20 years back! However, I still > remember the details of that carb pretty well. Is this 4 stroke carb > hopefully going to be similar to that two stroker? You need to do a couple of things: Lift petrol tank (one bolt under seat..disconnect fuel line and a socket of fuel meter) Clean the petrol tank. post removal of petrol tap. ensure petrol feeder pipe is in good nick. you might want to replace this if not done before. Check carb rubber "manifolds" i.e rubber which connects carb to engine and carb to airbox.if they have cracks in them etc replace. take the carb apart. For that you need to remove acc cable. and choke cable. this carb is not a slide carb hence the acc cable is on the side LHS side of the carb. use a phillips screw driver to remove the rubber manifolds, and to open the screws at the bottom of the carb. clean the "katori" (bottom of the carb) use a good flat screw driver to remove the main jet and pilot jet. before removing them you might want to spray some WD40 or carb cleaner to loosen things up. Try and not fiddle with the float height. on the top of the carb there are two screws, open them to remove the rubber diphagram and slide. clean everything with petrol, or better use a carb cleaner (200 bucks one big bottle will last u 28 yrs :) ) refit everything back. Have a look at the airfilter too, you might want to replace this (very inexpensive item) or you can just clean it in petrol. This should get your bike up and running.All this will take about 1 hr on a sunday. Bye arpan
