RedBaronX
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OK today was to be the (Iron) Maiden Voyage, as my bike has not left my apartment even as just a pedal-powered bicycle. It's going to be a long day already:
I've talked to enough people who pre-mix in the tank that I went ahead to do that... without checking if the fuel cock was closed. Flooded the carburetor with oil, but figured that would at least not HURT anything. Went on to gas station as is.
Close station, about three blocks, didn't have an operational air machine, kept walking to the next one, which was down-hill from my house. Filled tires to exactly 40#. Went to put gas in... over-filled the tank (forgetting all that oil takes up space, too). Wiped up the spilled gas, pedaled away. (pre-pay; I didn't *just* pedal away )
About a block away, I try to start it, knowing that the carb is filled with oil. NO go. I keep trying here and there all the way home. No go.
I get to the hill that is part of the "home is up-hill from the gas station". My bike weighs over 80 lbs easily, and I am not in the best of shape. Luckily it isn't hot out, but it's not the coolest day it's been this week, and I've been sick. It took me about ten minutes to get up that hill-- walk-push, rest.
I'm home, obviously, but today is going to be a long day.
I do have a question, though. Should I try to just burn through the oil in the carb until it gets to fule, or should I just take it apart and clean it out? Keep in mind that my "workshop" up to this point has been my dining room, and now that the bike is outside, my "workshop" is the front public sidewalk...
I've talked to enough people who pre-mix in the tank that I went ahead to do that... without checking if the fuel cock was closed. Flooded the carburetor with oil, but figured that would at least not HURT anything. Went on to gas station as is.
Close station, about three blocks, didn't have an operational air machine, kept walking to the next one, which was down-hill from my house. Filled tires to exactly 40#. Went to put gas in... over-filled the tank (forgetting all that oil takes up space, too). Wiped up the spilled gas, pedaled away. (pre-pay; I didn't *just* pedal away )
About a block away, I try to start it, knowing that the carb is filled with oil. NO go. I keep trying here and there all the way home. No go.
I get to the hill that is part of the "home is up-hill from the gas station". My bike weighs over 80 lbs easily, and I am not in the best of shape. Luckily it isn't hot out, but it's not the coolest day it's been this week, and I've been sick. It took me about ten minutes to get up that hill-- walk-push, rest.
I'm home, obviously, but today is going to be a long day.
I do have a question, though. Should I try to just burn through the oil in the carb until it gets to fule, or should I just take it apart and clean it out? Keep in mind that my "workshop" up to this point has been my dining room, and now that the bike is outside, my "workshop" is the front public sidewalk...