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Re: It's ALIVE - now I need help

To: Chris Mottram <c_mottram@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: It's ALIVE - now I need help
From: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 13:55:01 -0800
Chris,


Chris Mottram wrote:
> 
> I just got the Tiger started after having it apart for
> 2 years.  The engine was not taken apart, just taken
> out along with everything else.
> The downside is that the same old fuel pump just kept
> on pumping until fuel flowed out every hole in the
> carb.  What am I dealing with here?  A carb problem or
> a fuel pump problem.  I did nothing to either unit
> while they were out.

Perhaps the needle valve is not seating when the float does (or doesn't)
rise. This shuts off the fuel pump when it senses back pressure.

> Also, is the ballast resister on the ignition circuit
> supposed to get really hot?  Mine does as well as the
> electronic choke (Carter afb 650 )

Yes, on both.

> 
> Thanks for all the help.  Without the list and the
> contributors, I would still have just a rusty pile of
> parts!
> 
> Chris
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