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That rover has soft landed on the Moon.

I pulled my Holley-Weber off a 73(?) Vega sitting in the back 40. I fabricated my own manifold and right up to the point it cracked and failed it worked much much better than the store bought unit I replaced it with.

I have a 12HP single and 20HP two-cylinder Briggs sitting outside... The 12HP even runs. There is a brand new 420cc supposedly 16HP but probably about 12HP Honda clone sitting in the shop waiting for another project. That would make the scoot run fast.

Now if I can just get my hands to stop shaking long enough to use a wrench.

That tachometer I installed has one really nice side benefit. I can tell if I am getting a spark because it reads the cranking speed to be about 350RPM. I have no idea if that is right but at least I get some feedback without taking things apart.

If my trike sat just long enough for the enricher to cool off, it would flood out and not start at all. I couldn't even crank the throttle wide open and crank the starter until the mixture leaned out. I was just SOL until it sat for a few hours.

My idle mixture screw is a little rich. I need to work on it and make some adjustments. Without the enricher it may not run at all when cold. I dislike automatic functions that work 90% of the time. Murphy is always with me to make sure I am operating outside of that 90%. I prefer to eliminate as many automatic functions as I can and add manual controls. I just have a terrible time making changes or mods. I don't know how you guys with plastic panels do it. Even my ruckus style trike is a PITA to work on. I even made some modifications to make it easier but screws and my shakes just don't work well together.

So far I am doing fairly well with a pair of thinsulate insulated mechanic's work gloves from Harbor Freight.

The picture is a little fuzzy but that just looks like rubber residue from the belt.

What kind of belt do you have?

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