so its cleaned and its running, what does idle in the red mean? idle real high, refer to the tune guide and try tuning it again.

check out www.sparkplugs.com for cross reference im not sure what plug that gets.

im sure tomanytoys will help you out also he has way more knowledge than me.

it still sounde like the carb is just out of adjustment.

hoyt

 

Khealy,

It sounds like you put the slide in 180 degrees out. It can go in 2 ways but only one is the right way. If it idled wayy high its in backwards or something with the cable.

 

Slide?? What is that? If you can give me some sort of description I will check it. By the way, I'm jealous of your F150. My bro rolls a jacked 2006 STX but he's in Iraq. Thanks for your help.

 

In the top of the carb where the cable goes into. There is a carb slide that the cable is attatched to. You have to pull this out to take the carb off the bike unless you kept it attached. The slide is a round cylinder about 1.5 inches in length. There is a needle in the middle of the slide also. If the slide does not go back into the carb right it will be wide open.

Thanks about the truck. I love it. Its kinda rare to find a f150 short bed with the bigger 5.8l motor. Most have a 5.0. It sits in the garage and does not see snow or rain. I may drive it about 3-4 times a month. I have other vehicles so I can keep this one mint.

 

First I would like to say thank you to you guys for bearing with me. I do not know a ton about ATV engines and this has been a real experience for me. I just went out and checked the slide position and it was incorrect. I set it correctly and the idle is good. I do however need to further adjust the carb for proper idle but I was able to take it for a ride and it was quite fulfilling[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I will keep you all posted and again I want to say thank you for so patiently walking me through this whole process.


Kevin

 

tomanytoys is talking about where the throttle cable screw into the top of the carb unscrew it and turn it 180 degrees so the slide goes down all the way...i never thought of that wasnt sure what carb was on it, give it a try.

remove the whole slide out of the carb and turn it 180 degrees and slide it back in and screw the top of the carb back on.

hope you understand this im terrible at explaining things i wouldnt make a good teacher thats for sure.

hoyt

 

Good deal. Now just follow my carb tips and it will get you moving. Good luck. Anything else dont hesitate to ask.

 

good catch 2manytoys.

hoyt

 

Thanks. Dont ask how I know. Lets just say when it happens to an automatic they are really hard to catch!!!

 

I believe it was too high, I know that I was stuck in this postion too. I was putting that slide back in backwards. The grooves were 180 degrees off, and when I read that it was one of two ways, I made it into a bigger complex issue while working on it then I thought it was.