[Tigers] Air cleaner choking?

[Bob Hokanson]

Check the clearance between the top of your air cleaner housing and the 
carburetor vent tube.

Bob H

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jay Laifman via Tigers
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 11:41 AM
To: Tiger Autox
Subject: [Tigers] Air cleaner choking?

I started the Tiger yesterday for the first time in admittedly a bit too 
long
- couple months.  It started right up.  But then unless I was pumping on the
pedal, it would die.  So gas was getting there and the accelerator pump was
working.  I tried a number of times.  Each time, it snap to a start, but 
same
problem.  I then took the top off the air cleaner and started it again. 
This
time, perfect. Purred like a kitten.  So I put the cover back on.  When I
tightened it down, pow, stopped running again.  I found that if I lightly 
put
on the nut, it would run fine.  If I tightened it firmly down (and this is
only with my fingers), it would die.

This makes no sense to me!

It is a K&N filter that I cleaned within the year.  So it has very few miles
or dirt on it.

Thoughts?