CARBs & Dr Honda

["Bruce Hevner" <scramblr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>A: A number of years ago, I worked for Dr Honda and when one of those came 
>in, he would crosswire 2 of the plugs at the dist cap when the customer was

>out of sight. ("You come back in 3 hours it will be fixed. Lifetime 
>guarantee!") With the air cleaner lid off, he'd start it up and the 
>resultant backfire would clean the jets out in about 10 seconds. Customer 
>comes back and it was "$300 please!"

Oh now,,, that's just,,, no comment! I have also seen guys rev the engine up
and place their hand over the carb to pull gas backwards through the carb.
That would have cured the immediate problem (dirt) but would not have
improved the drivability unless the floats were adjusted too.
Just for the fun of it I took one that we could NOT cure and richened up the
main primary barrel to a normal number. MAN did that thing GO!!
$300 eh??? Boy were we too cheap at $150!!!
Bruce Hevner