I figured I would take some pictures wile I had the seat out, knowing that Donnie had
had problems with this engine seizing I took it apart for inspection everything looked 
good except the needle inside the carb looked questionable, the carb was a 38mm
Mikuni I have never been fond of the Mikuni carbs so replaced this one with a 35mm 
Keihin off of a 85 ATC250R, the jetting is still stock.


Donnie said he had problems with the head bolts coming loose so I left the cover off the 
head and without coolant so I could heat cycle the engine a few times and then torque
the head bolts a second time, I see that their is holes drilled through the head of the 
bolts so I will safety wire them before installing the cover and adding water.

The cheap clear fuel line will be removed and replaced with more dependable automotive 
gas line as soon as I am comfortable with the routing and fuel delivery, remember this carb
was designed to used as a gravity feed carb not pressure feed, I looped the gas line up
a ways then installed a T before the carb, the fuel fills about 8" of line above the carb then 
the rest spills over into the gas tank through the factory line by the gas cap.

Banshee radiator takes care of the cooling for the liquid cooled head.


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