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I think the throttle screw or clothes pin are gonna be my best option. Snapped a photo this morning, I didn't see anything that looked to be adjustable, the clockwise/counterclockwise twist doesn't do anything.
Q: I have a 2000 FLHT with a carbureted Twin Cam 88. The carburetor works fine, but the choke will not stay engaged unless the **** is physically held out. It immediately slides back to the off position if you let go. The choke operates properly, but holding the choke out is annoying on cold mornings when it takes several minutes for the engine to warm up. Any ideas to remedy this problem would be greatly appreciated.
A: Carefully try tightening the cable. Look behind the Harley enrichener cable bracket. You will see a zinc plated nut. Tighten this ONLY SLIGHTLY. Just a nudge will do. If you over tighten, you will break the cable, so be very careful. You are tightening a steel nut, over a plastic, hollow, shaft.
Well speaking of RTFM, here it is. Does not help, other than implying that it should stay out which it does not so here we are:
COOL ENGINE
Outside Temperature Warmer than 60°F
Turn the fuel valve to the ON position (carbureted models). BE
SURE THROTTLE IS CLOSED. Pull enrichener **** to full
out position. Turn the ignition switch on and press starter
switch to operate the electric starter.
1. See Figure 3. After initial 15-30 second warm-up, ride for
1 minutes or 1/2 mile with enrichener **** in full out
position.
2. After 1 minutes or 1/2 mile, push the enrichener **** in
to the 1/2 way position. Ride 1 minutes or 1/2 miles.
3. After 1 minutes or 1/2 mile, push the enrichener ****
fully in.
He didn't say if he looked in The FM and it should be in there.
So yes. There's even an emoji provided by HD Forums just for a situation like this.
Wanna see it?
Last edited by RANGER73; Sep 21, 2022 at 06:02 PM.
He didn't say if he looked in The FM and it should be in there.
So yes. There's even an emoji provided by HD Forums just for a situation like this.
Wanna see it?
Mayybe he is a newbie and trying to learn....like you did at o e point in time. We all can't be as smart (***) as you. Just sayin...
Mayybe he is a newbie and trying to learn....like you did at o e point in time. We all can't be as smart (***) as you. Just sayin...
First thing I do is try and figure it out myself.
GOOGLE, YouTube, the frigin' manual.
Before I ask a question on a public forum.
But hey, you do you.
His question was answered in the chapter on blinker fluid.
To adjust the tension on the cable. (1) loosen the nut behind the bracket, (2) tighten the plastic knurled nut to desired tension while holding housing, (3) tighten nut behind bracket. It's in the service manual.
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