Troubles with the Spree.
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Re: Troubles with the Spree.
Yes I'm lucky, but there has been and still is a lot of hard work by both of us to make it work and trying the things the other one likes. Her work schedule has been weird for 20 years now. A day on, a day off, a day on, a day off, a day one and 4 days off. And yes, those are 24 hour day. When she was working full time and attending Paramedic school I was basically a single parent. A lot of give and take. She was my primary pit crew when I was racing. She even learned to back trailer in to the water. An amazing woman, so yeah I'm lucky to have her in my life.[/quote]
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Re: Troubles with the Spree.
from what bear just said in my opinion replace it one less thing to fight with
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I had a carb for my 67 S90 that was wayyyy worse than that. The corrosion ate almost all the way thru in places. I could never get it to run right, no matter what I did.
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Re: Troubles with the Spree.
Greetings:
PM USPMale on this forum. He used to (maybe still?) recondition Spree carbs to a high quality level and re-sell at fair prices. A carb from him is way better than a Chinese eBay clone.
PM USPMale on this forum. He used to (maybe still?) recondition Spree carbs to a high quality level and re-sell at fair prices. A carb from him is way better than a Chinese eBay clone.
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Re: Troubles with the Spree.
Ok so I bought a rebuilt carb and I'm still running lean! I've checked everything over and nothing is leaking, everything is tight, and nothing is cracked. I've read the manual and old posts and done everything and the thing still runs lean.
Re: Troubles with the Spree.
So put a bigger jet in it, but if you made no changes to the engine, then there has to be an air leak somewhere or a fuel restriction for it to be lean. Those are the only options.
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Re: Troubles with the Spree.
Bear45-70 wrote:So put a bigger jet in it, but if you made no changes to the engine, then there has to be an air leak somewhere or a fuel restriction for it to be lean. Those are the only options.
Agreed, as that carburetor never ran lean. Has to be an air leak somewhere.
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Re: Troubles with the Spree.
Where else can I check for a air leak? I've checked the airbox and its connection to the carb, all the gaskets, and the oil injector.martynkim wrote:Bear45-70 wrote:So put a bigger jet in it, but if you made no changes to the engine, then there has to be an air leak somewhere or a fuel restriction for it to be lean. Those are the only options.
Agreed, as that carburetor never ran lean. Has to be an air leak somewhere.
Re: Troubles with the Spree.
Crankshaft case seals, cylinder base gasket, crankcase halves junction............................alemeno wrote:Where else can I check for a air leak? I've checked the airbox and its connection to the carb, all the gaskets, and the oil injector.martynkim wrote:Bear45-70 wrote:So put a bigger jet in it, but if you made no changes to the engine, then there has to be an air leak somewhere or a fuel restriction for it to be lean. Those are the only options.
Agreed, as that carburetor never ran lean. Has to be an air leak somewhere.
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Re: Troubles with the Spree.
in addition to what i said before please check your pekcock to make sure it is working correctlyfastplastic wrote:read the first part of what bear said about the vaccum leaks or just up jett it and pretend there are no vac leaks, but best bet for what is wrong is vaccum leak check everything over not just to see if tight but look for cracks, like bear said, even a bad head gasket can make a huge case leak and make it run poopie....