{"id":71946,"date":"2012-02-08T22:58:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T13:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=71946"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:43:36","slug":"bandit-1200-carburettor-maintenance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20120208\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-carburettor-maintenance-2","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 Carburettor Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-171244475\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>So,<br \/>\nO-rings are always high-maintenance, so we replace them as part of new staff training. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63100727_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> These rubber-type ones hold up really well.<br \/>\nWe don&#8217;t see stepped ones very often, but &#8220;stepped or scratched ones need replacement.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Hardened rubber is also grounds for replacement.&#8221; <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63100727_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> The float valve O-ring has no specification<br \/>\nWell, we&#8217;ve confirmed the dimensions on this stuff, so we have it in stock. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63100727_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> I really hate checking the actual fuel level\u2026<br \/>\nIt smells like gasoline and spills everywhere\u2026<br \/>\nI kept thinking I should make one someday, and I finally did. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63100727_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> This! A blind cap for the float valve.<br \/>\nBlock three ports and leave just one open to supply fuel.<br \/>\nIt speeds things up a bit, anyway.<br \/>\nKeihin carburetors come in types we can&#8217;t use this on, so we&#8217;ll need to make another version. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63100727_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> The plan is to install the carburettor tomorrow, sync it, and we&#8217;re done.<br \/>\nPhew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, O-rings are always high-maintenance, so we replace them as part of new staff training. &nbsp; &nbsp; These rubber-type ones hold up really well. We don&#8217;t see stepped ones very often, but &#8220;stepped or scratched ones need replacement.&#8221; &#8220;Hardened rubber is also grounds for replacement.&#8221; &nbsp; &nbsp; The float valve O-ring has no specification Well, we&#8217;ve confirmed the dimensions on this stuff, so we have it in stock. &nbsp; &nbsp; I really hate checking the actual fuel level\u2026 It smells like gasoline and spills everywhere\u2026 I kept thinking I should make one someday, and I finally did. &nbsp; &nbsp; This! A blind cap for the float valve. Block three ports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[1922,55],"class_list":["post-71946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-bandit","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}