Stranded....
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Road Warrior
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Thanks. Me too. I can probably rig something to get me by for a while.. Ticks me off, I carry a ton of tools just for situations like this. If I have just loosened the backplate, I would have seen it. In fact, I took the cover off and noticed the metal sleeve on the back bolt to the head was showing more than I remembered. Should have done a little trouble shooting and saved myself $100 towing. Oh well.
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The first thing I did was look at the ignition module! Should have looked at the carb first. I loosened the backplate and the carb was just flopping around outside the intake! One of the mounts for the back plate rotted out, so my carb fell out of the intake. Problem solved. Now I just need to find another backplate for a stock cv carb. Anyone got one laying around the garage? Maybe I can rig something up to hold the carb in place.
This happened to mate on a poker run and we wired it in place with an old coathanger we scrounged from a pub....was still on a year later.
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Road Warrior
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carburetor-S...5ea837&vxp=mtr
Any reason why it won't work for me? My bike had the old butterfly carb, but I put a cv on it.
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Road Warrior
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Hose clamp, super glue, I think it will hold for a while. I'll carry a clothes hanger just in case it happens again. BTW, after I put the carb back in, it started right up!
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Road Warrior
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I'll check tomorrow, I think I have the original off my Dyna.. That bracket is what I have on there now, with an SE air cleaner..
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I'm going to try holding the sleeve in with a hose clamp. I'm looking at those support brackets. I'm looking at this thing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carburetor-S...5ea837&vxp=mtr
Any reason why it won't work for me? My bike had the old butterfly carb, but I put a cv on it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carburetor-S...5ea837&vxp=mtr
Any reason why it won't work for me? My bike had the old butterfly carb, but I put a cv on it.
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Road Warrior
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From: Florida
Thanks! I'm wondering if that bracket will work with my original air cleaner setup. I don't see why it wouldn't. If you have that, pm me how much you want for it.