TB42 carb blooding

[Dirk Diggler]

Hey guys..
I'm in need of some advice about my TB42.

Never had a problem with it until close to home the other night from work.. I could feel it start to run rough, cough splutter etc and when I pulled up to see what was going on I noticed that the carby had filled completely with fuel..

A friend had suggested the float might have sunk? Could this be the case? And is this easy to get to/remove and repair?

Cheers guys

[threedogs]

Is it dual fuel ???

[Dirk Diggler]

Sorry, no, petrol only :)

[threedogs]

I've heard many ppl change floats over to solid ones as a backfire etc may cause the float to implode.
Wouldn't think a big job, some carbie cleaner, new gasket O'haul kit, workshop manual

[mudnut]

It could be as simple as bit of crap stuck in the needle and seat.

[Dirk Diggler]

It could be as simple as bit of crap stuck in the needle and seat.

I'm plenty comfortable to work on efi systems but carbies scare me a little haha.. Is cleaning these an easy job to do??

[GQ TANK]

A carby kit is not heard to do -

Take a heap of photos before you pull the carby apart - handy when you are putting it back together.

When you do it - lay newspaper out - so that you will catch any loose bits

To flood its either the needle / seat, or the float stack

[Dirk Diggler]

Thanks guys! I'll start pulling the carby off and get stuck into it :)

[mudnut]

Good, someone with more experience has beaten me to the punch.

[Dirk Diggler]

Thanks for the advice lads! I pulled off the tophat on the carby, appears that the float may have been stuck down, it didn't move around too freely on it's pin. Fixed that, cleaned the needle and seat, cleaned out some debris from the float bowl and all is well..
Let it idle for 15 mins, then took it for a run down the road and back, seems all good. Seems I've got some more power too! Something obviously wasn't right

Cheers! :)