1979 Harley Davidson XLH 1000 Sportster "remove float bowl" Questions

remove the float bowl, remove the main jet, and clean it out. Also, clean the very bottom of the inside of the float bowl. Flushing a carb will not clean the jets. The reason is that fuel must be able

...float bowl is dry. You could take the float bowl off immediately and see how much fuel is actually in the bowl. Then with the bowl off of the carb, turn the fuel petcock on just long enough to verify ...

...remove the other plug and install this one if it is the correct plug for the engine. Try to start the engine. If it doesn't start, you probably have a fuel problem. I'd drain the float bowl of the ...

...remove the air filter so that you can see inside the mouth of the carb. With the engine OFF, crank the throttle to wide open. Watch for a stream of fuel to squirt out of the brass nozzle just inside ...

...Remove bowl and press the float up and down it should move freely. If there is any resistance or float does not drop down with bowl removed. The pin that holds the float in place needs to be removed ...

...remove the float bowls ( the bottom covers ) - the valves are over the floats, near the pivot point -remove the pins that hold the floats - and remove the floats - the valves may be attached to the ...

...remove the float bowl and replace the gasket. If it is overflowing remove the float bowl, pull out the float hinge pin, remove float and float valve. Clean the valve and inspect the valve for excess ...

...remove the float and needle, you may have some muck or varnish on the float needle preventing it from closing, poss worn needle the end of the needle is rubber this may have gone hard, remove it and ...

...remove carb and open float bowl and clean bowl and needle that controls gas flo.Somtimes you can get lucky and tap the side of float bowl with screw driver handle and free it up without opening up ...

...REMOVE FLOAT CHAMBER,(BOWL) ONCE REMOVED MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE BOWL, IF THE LEVEL IS CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE BOWL, WITHOUT THE FLOAT IN IT, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU PUT THE FLOAT BACK IN THE ...