[Jbruce]

I have noticed some of my friends Foreman's return after there first service and they always crank on the first push of the starter.

I have done all my own maintenance and it always takes 2-4 times to get cranked and another 5 minutes before it wont shut off with out the throttle pressed.

All of my friends where doing the exact same thing until after the first service?? The only thing I can think of is the idle is set low from the factory.

Any help would be appreciated,


Justin

 

[JayTee]

Sounds like it is set low It should be 1400 +/- 100rpm.If it is set below 1100 or 1200 the decompression lever doesnt work right and could wear it out prematurely I think.I went to napa and bought an electronic tach it was 40$ and just wrap the wire around your plug wire and voila!

 

[big_daddy_bigfoot]

Mine never starts on the first try. I have read on here if you change the jet it will start and idle better.

 

[cra5h]

haha

mine never starts on the first try either...

i have a snork and jet and intake and exhaust.

always, and i mean ALWAYS starts on the second time unless the engine is hot and is shut off and restarted.

 

[JayTee]

Even before mine was jetted for the pipe summer /winter doesn't matter it always fired right up as long as my idle was set correct. You should set it as per the shop manuals "idle drop procedure"

 

[Jbruce]

Can some body with the service Manuel chime in and tell me where the idle set screw on the carb is

 

[Jbruce]

Never mind I found what I needed over at highlifter,

Just in case anybody was wondering on how to set your idle..

http://www.highlifter.com/forum/m_676887/m...e/tm.htm#676979

 

[chuck]

This might be a long shot but my rubi used to idle too slow and die out when it was "cold". Then I realized that I was leaving the choke open too long thinking it wasn't warmed up enough. Turns out it was getting too much choke so now I turn it off after 10-15 seconds and it idles fine.

ChuckD