{"id":75631,"date":"2010-11-10T19:31:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T10:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=75631"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:54","slug":"sun-chan-bandit-1200-a-bit-heavy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20101110\/everyday-events\/sun-chan-bandit-1200-a-bit-heavy","title":{"rendered":"Sun-chan&#8217;s Bandit 1200: A Bit Heavy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I&#8217;m late with the update.<br \/>\nThe carburetor seems to have some O-ring tension loss, or maybe not\u2026<br \/>\nI&#8217;m replacing the O-rings at three locations: the pilot screw, needle jet, and float valve.<br \/>\nTension loss in the float valve O-ring is a pretty common cause of rising fuel level,<br \/>\nso it&#8217;s definitely something you want to replace.<br \/>\nThe float valve is a modern rubber type and holds up well.<br \/>\nIt showed no step wear and was in good condition, so I&#8217;m reusing it.<br \/>\nDepending on mileage and time, if something is still young enough to work, I try to reuse it as much as possible. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61890033_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The Bandit doesn&#8217;t list the float valve O-ring as a separate part\u2014no way!<br \/>\nThe valve assembly is expensive, so I&#8217;m hunting for it. The dimensions are 10.5\u00d77.5\u00d71.5\u2026<br \/>\nI happened to have &quot;NV BS34 10.5\u00d77.5\u00d71.5&quot; written on a sticky note on my computer\u2026<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t remember working with BS34 recently though\u2026<br \/>\nProbably\u2026<br \/>\nI figured I might have mixed it up with BST36, so I took a shot and ordered a BST36 O-ring \u2605<br \/>\nPerfect fit! \u2605 I&#8217;ll use this again. Note to self: <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61890033_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>This time I set the fuel level using the float position. Only number one needed adjustment, so I took care of that. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61890033_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>After removing the carbon, there&#8217;s no change in synchronization\u2014looks good.<br \/>\nRunning great \u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I&#8217;m late with the update. The carburetor seems to have some O-ring tension loss, or maybe not\u2026 I&#8217;m replacing the O-rings at three locations: the pilot screw, needle jet, and float valve. Tension loss in the float valve O-ring is a pretty common cause of rising fuel level, so it&#8217;s definitely something you want to replace. The float valve is a modern rubber type and holds up well. It showed no step wear and was in good condition, so I&#8217;m reusing it. Depending on mileage and time, if something is still young enough to work, I try to reuse it as much as possible. &nbsp; &nbsp;The Bandit doesn&#8217;t list [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75630,"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-75631","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\/75631","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=75631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}