kide
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Got a cart in the park with a 9.5 horse Kawasaki OHV. It has had numerous "mechanics" (read retired old farts with too much time on their hands) work on it.. I found a bad coil (about like a smaller Briggs, external to the flywheel, electronic trigger) and as the carb needed rebuilding, a replacement carb, since Club Car doesn't sell individual carb parts and the engine has a specific to Club Car spec #. Anyways, I've got it running pretty decent at idle and low speed, but the transition to high speed causes a stumble and surge like a too lean condition - the carb is a fixed jet (idle circuit is the only adjustment and the float is non-adjustable). I've run through the common problems (vent tube is OK, the carb to head spacers and gaskets are all sealed OK). I'm running out of ideas - the next thing to check is to pull the rocker cover and check valve lash - I can hypothesize that if the valve s were just barley opening it would act as if it were overcarburated (not flowing enough air through the carb when the throttle plate opens up, which will cause a lean stumble). Other than that, I might have to pull the flywheel and check to see if the key has been sheared, but I don't think that would give me the symptoms I've got.
These small Kaw singles are used in a lot of 4 wheelers, etc. - anyone got experience with 'em ?? (my first brush at all is with the one in MY Club Car that I got this summer)
These small Kaw singles are used in a lot of 4 wheelers, etc. - anyone got experience with 'em ?? (my first brush at all is with the one in MY Club Car that I got this summer)