projektwarrior01
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Hey y’all. First post here.
I bought an 01 warrior. A pure nostalgia purchase. Got it cheap and knew it had problems. I put a new top end and new carb on it and changed the oil. It’s been running great.
I adjusted the valves for peace of mind and then test drove it. It was fine.
My son messed with the park brake linkage on the clutch perch and it wasn’t running good at all. I was not aware of how the park brake can limit rpm. So, before I figured that out, I tore the new carb down and cleaned it all out.
I installed everything and found the park brake not seated at the lever. After pushing it back in the thing ran great all afternoon. The next morning, my son said it wasn’t idling right.
I’ve been pulling the plug after every ride to inspect for good mixture and it’s been a whitish faint tan color. Now it’s black as can be. It’s idling very poor, can smell fuel in the exhaust. Just off idle it sputters and sounds wet but it runs pretty good through the mid range and top end.
When the carb was apart I had a hell of a time with the pilot jet. I ended up having to install another stock size jet from my tusk kit. Perhaps I messed up the float height? Im not a gas engine guy really. I’ve been in the diesel world the past 15 years. Any in sight is appreciated.
I bought an 01 warrior. A pure nostalgia purchase. Got it cheap and knew it had problems. I put a new top end and new carb on it and changed the oil. It’s been running great.
I adjusted the valves for peace of mind and then test drove it. It was fine.
My son messed with the park brake linkage on the clutch perch and it wasn’t running good at all. I was not aware of how the park brake can limit rpm. So, before I figured that out, I tore the new carb down and cleaned it all out.
I installed everything and found the park brake not seated at the lever. After pushing it back in the thing ran great all afternoon. The next morning, my son said it wasn’t idling right.
I’ve been pulling the plug after every ride to inspect for good mixture and it’s been a whitish faint tan color. Now it’s black as can be. It’s idling very poor, can smell fuel in the exhaust. Just off idle it sputters and sounds wet but it runs pretty good through the mid range and top end.
When the carb was apart I had a hell of a time with the pilot jet. I ended up having to install another stock size jet from my tusk kit. Perhaps I messed up the float height? Im not a gas engine guy really. I’ve been in the diesel world the past 15 years. Any in sight is appreciated.