Update* Got my 82 KDX175 running and air filter solution.
Posted: 12:35 am Jul 10 2023
So I lost my account and my thread during the site crash so heres an update..
Took the carb back apart to properly clean the pilot jet that was still blocked. After some more research I learned there is in fact a SUPER tiny hole that goes straight through the pilot jet. Had to snip a single stainless steel brush hair off my wire brush to poke through it and one other passage that was just as small. Slapped it back together and it pretty much fired right up! Tried starting without the choke on at first but then pulled it on to get it to fire. Still gotta tune it. But she rips now! So stoked.
32:1 mix. Doesn't even smoke!
Heres a video:
Air filter solution:
Steel mesh at Home Depot was stupid expensive so I figure I may as well see what the dollar store has for, well, anything. And well, sometimes my genius scares me haha, because I found the perfect filter cage with a little modification... not done yet and still waiting for the 82 cage-less UNI filter to show up but this is what I came up with, and it fits in the housing PERFECTLY! LOL...
Oh and got the fuel petcock thing figured out with an in-line from the auto parts store with some high pressure fuel hose(for stiffness) and a new filter.
Also new grips!
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Took the carb back apart to properly clean the pilot jet that was still blocked. After some more research I learned there is in fact a SUPER tiny hole that goes straight through the pilot jet. Had to snip a single stainless steel brush hair off my wire brush to poke through it and one other passage that was just as small. Slapped it back together and it pretty much fired right up! Tried starting without the choke on at first but then pulled it on to get it to fire. Still gotta tune it. But she rips now! So stoked.
32:1 mix. Doesn't even smoke!
Heres a video:
Air filter solution:
Steel mesh at Home Depot was stupid expensive so I figure I may as well see what the dollar store has for, well, anything. And well, sometimes my genius scares me haha, because I found the perfect filter cage with a little modification... not done yet and still waiting for the 82 cage-less UNI filter to show up but this is what I came up with, and it fits in the housing PERFECTLY! LOL...
Oh and got the fuel petcock thing figured out with an in-line from the auto parts store with some high pressure fuel hose(for stiffness) and a new filter.
Also new grips!
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