You are not getting fuel into the carb or at least that is what it sounds like. You said that when it stops, "it doesn't shoot any fuel from the needle in the carb air intake area". You didn't mention what type of carb is on the engine. I'm going to assume that it's the original stock Keihin butterfly type carb. If it squirts fuel and then the engine stops and it no longer squirts fuel, this indicates that the 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 that the fuel is actually flowing into the bowl. On the front face of the carb are four holes. Three of them are for the bolts that hold the air filter to the carb. The fourth hole is the float bowl air vent. Make sure that this hole is not blocked and is open so air can vent out of the float bowl. Also, try leaving your fuel cap off the fuel tank and try it. The tank vent is in the fuel cap and if it's stopped up, not a lot of fuel will flow from the tank before a vacuum builds in the tank and stops the fuel flow. Good Luck finding a shop that will work on your Shovelhead. Most dealers will not work on them and fewer and fewer independant shops will mess them anymore. For more help with you Shovelhead, contact me directly at [email protected]
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Steve
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The fuel strainer is on the petcock and is up inside the tank. What does the inside of the carburetor look like? If the plastic strainer on the petcock is gummed up, the carburetor will be as well unless it was drained before it was allowed to sit up.
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Amendment: The motorcycle starts well.
Now it's constantly idling high.
There's three screws on it that I can see: a flat head screw towards the rear of the carb which appears to control the throttle cable, a big phillips head screw at the middle which controls the air flow (I think), and a flat head screw at the front that appears to control the gas flow. If I start adjusting them from completely closed, where should they be set at? Thanks for the help!
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