I've had the carbs apart twice, and during those two tear downs, the first time was a proper cleaning inside and out, the second time was putting in new jet needles and seats. I also put in another new jet in each carb. I went with stock sizing. I haven't messed with the timing AT ALL simply because I've never even owned a machine with points ignition. It's possible that the mixture is too lean, after all, I have no filters, and I'm running it on slide setting #3 (middle spec) the plugs we're kiiiiinda whitish last I looked. What would I need to do to see if the timing is off? How do I go about cleaning and setting points properly?
Well, before you can set your carbs up, you really have to have ignition set up and working correctly. That's entirely too big a subject for just one comment. Read how it's done in the manual... then do a site search for setting points, setting timing and checking and lubing the advance. Once you understand the basics, ask questions here and we can fill in the gaps.
Good call. I've been relying on yours, and others advice a bit much. It never hurts to read a manual and just try it myself first. Some things are best to discover by myself. I appreciate you encouraging me to just look it up by myself, and ask questions later. I need to grow up a bit in that aspect haha. I'll let you know what kind of info I dig up.
I'm liking the order to the tune ups comment. Seems like I've almost instinctively (with some help) been moving in the right direction. Still gonna take a look at my cam chain tensioner and make sure it's not TOO TIGHT. haven't actually had my adjuster cap back off since I tightened it the first time.
