Never know what you'll find !

[Larry's Shee]

So this guy conntacts me about his Blaster,hard start/won't start. Says he cleand carb .

First thing I notice is TORS cap is only partway on.
Ask about that, and few other things.
What kind of oil you use? "I dunno, we just pour some gas and oil in tank and shake the quad"
"It fouls plugs so I brought extras" BR9es
So I explain about the fuelmix, what kind of oil, why the plug is wrong. And why year old gas is bad.

I soaked the carb overnite, clean everything up, lube cable/throttle, etc.
So after several kicks (not impressed) it starts. Letting it warm up and tweeking the air screw, blipping the throttle.

Suddenly this thing takes off for the moon. Well, of course the kill switch didn't work .
You know the drill.
So thought maybe the ugly slide was problem, checked but operated well.
After it cooled off, I start it again with couple kicks (better).
As it gets warm, ZOOM

Time for leak down.
Blowing air out vent like no tomorrow
Pull clutch cover,virtually no oil in trans.
Oil seal is blown out so bad that there was nothing left for the keeper to hold. Literally 4-5 pieces.

Who'd of thought that it could run with no seal in there

 

[MercMenace]

maybe once he sees the maintenance involved you will get a nice cheap fixer upper.

 

[DeJay1206]

Lol, you gotta start somewhere. I knew nothing about maintaining atvs or working on them until I joined the forum!

 

[Larry's Shee]

Well, he doesn't seem very mecanicaly inclined so I don't know if a repair manual would do much good.
Seals are already on way. This thing is worse than mine if that's possible
Murdered paint job, no front brakes. The good is Pro Circut& silencer, 260m, alum grab bar

 

[MercMenace]

Glad you are able to help keep another smoker on the trails.

 

[tfaith08]

Lol. I had a guy call me yesterday that asked why his wouldn't run. It was an engine that I built a few months back, so I know it passes a leak test and that the jetting is right.

"I let it sit up and it won't run."

"Did you clean the carb? Was it running alright when you ran it last? Did you put new gas in it?"

"yeah, yeah, yeah"

"sounds like you need to clean the carb."

"Can I bring it to you?"

"... sure."

 

[HACK]

Larry what do mean by the ugly side?

 

[Larry's Shee]

Ugly slide in carb. Kinda deep scratches, most of black coating worn off.

While putting clutch together I found one of the clutch plates bent in a weird way. Dig one out of parts, clean it up, good to go. I did tell him that because it (trans) was sucked dry of oil to not be surprised if clutch or other parts fail.