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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 09:59 AM
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I have a '66 shovel and it will start easy but after it warms up it wants to die even when giving it throttle orsometimes when I stand it up to ride off. What is causing this ?
 
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 05:26 PM
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gas cap vented?
 
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Old Jun 17, 2010 | 06:05 AM
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have you cleaned the carb. and checked float level


petcock flowing good



can you give more info.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2010 | 06:24 AM
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Possibly the springs broke on the auto advance? Float level in carb set too low?
 
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Old Jun 17, 2010 | 09:30 AM
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my buddies bike was doing exactly same thing he rebuilt the carb and problem went away
 
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 07:00 PM
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what kind of carb is it?
 
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 12:01 AM
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Does it have the original stock 66 H_D carb? H-d only used that carb on 1966 model year. (Post Linkert pre Tillotson). It was the basis for the S&S Carb. I owned a '66, 66FL8791 and had one problem with float sticking. Replaced float and it was all good.
 
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