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Update: I believe there's still too much fuel going through, because it floods very bad on the choke (black spark plugs) and won't stay running for long with the choke off. It seems like it wants to start, but the minute I give it gas the rpms plunge down and it dies. Is this an air/fuel mix...

Hello again, gents! Put everything back together, and it started! Still running very rich though, because it floods often... After it was warm I went for a rip on it and everything was fine, but after about an hour or so, I started noticing this little tube kept jumping off its nipple...

That's what we used last night, just burned off some of the plastic at the end and poked down... We weren't able to dislodge the blockage, but it's been sitting in carb cleaner overnight and this evening we're gonna take the compressed air to it, see it that works.

^Yes, it starts first kick with no choke once warm. Also, we tried with some stranded copper wire in the hole, aswell as a small plastic bristle from a broom and still, it remains blocked.

After checking choke jets, found that one side was blocked... Thanks for the tip! Gonna let it soak overnight and try compressed air to dislodge it, if that fails, going to order a new one...

Thanks for the input. I'll try to get these checked out tonight, I'll post an update when it's done.

^Very possible, also just read up on the clip #3 tightening trick and/or removing the spring, wondering if that might do anything. The main issue is at least getting it to kick start, though. Not sure what to look for at this point. The weird thing about the floats was that one of them was at...

I bought the same thing, and when installing it we made sure it was where it needed to be... replaced the spring and the gear, but for some reason it still just jumps out.

First off, let me apologize for the length of this post... I am trying not to leave out any detail of what I now call my "XS650 Odyssey". I bought a 1983 XS650 Heritage special. It ran badly when I first got it, was hard to start, and showed obvious signs of carb trouble. So my father and I...