Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

i had already soaked the entire carb for a bit, but i went and disassembled the float specifically and soaked it in some paint thinner i haven't noticed it leaking yet, but it's fooled me in the past i did notice that it's not idleing nearly as high as it used to, but it also doesn't seem to go as f...

so it seems like my bystarter had an extra spring in it or something...that short one in my picture is nowhere to be seen in that step-by-step guide provided in this thread so i didn't *fully* disassemble then reassemble it, since it just seemed only the lowest two parts came out, and the spree ran....

sure, it slides right out

i think ill try reassembling the bystarter

i sloppily plunked it together and it ran before, but could it have anything to do with the carb leaking?

i mean the black cable i'm holding-look in the carb, you can see the spring and needle that would otherwise be inside of the cable

alright, so when i went to disassemble the carb, this cabley thing just fell apart http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/576/img0332ife.jpg here's the carb with homemade gasket installed http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2811/img0333gkc.jpg this is what i'm dealing with, im thinking the black part in the ca...

right, but i don't even know if that's the problem now that i've found the rubber in the lining of the carb is there a piece that presses between the float and carb, or just the one that fits in to the carb directly? im probably describing this horribly, i'll get pictures to demonstrate what i mean ...

im not seeing how i'd get the circle rim of a condom to fit over the weird shape of the carb :/

i would like to know why my spree is being a little b**** and crying tears of gas constantly though

so i went and installed the cardboard piece, and i think the gas leaking problem is even worse now

i think i'll go ahead and remove it, but i don't know where to go from there

well crap, i figured i didn't have a gasket because there was a rim of gas between the carb and the float, but upon opening it there is a rubber something-or-other attached in the lining of the carb

* is going on

im considering just wedging the cereal cutout between the float and carb anyway

here it is:



despite the obvious stupidity in using this, there's a 99% chance that i will end up doing so

you know, i'll probably end up buying one from someone

but before that i'm going to make an * out of myself and use a Special K custom-made gasket

$9 for the whole carb gasket set on the OEM sites, + $8 shipping for a total of $17, which is ridiculous

i'd like it to be closer to the range of $0

i was half-contemplating laying down a few strips of thread seal tape >.>

i might go and cut a gasket out of a cereal box, hmm

don't you come at me with your logic, i need cheap, d*** it

what could i use instead? my carb is leaking gas ;P