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Message: <blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 11697" data-attributes="member: 98">okay i know i keep harping on this but lets assume the carb is not it ....the spark is the only thing left that would cause this it is true that it could be something wrong with a non moving part of the carb or carb body but this seems unlikely but i have herd from others that this can happen....at this point if you feel its still the carb i would turn the mixture screw in all the way ....its seems that that would have to lean it out ....maybe the seat there is wore out from someone tightening this way to hard or something before setting at 1 1/2 turns or whatever its spose to set at .....i have not much time 1100 crarbs practicly none but on 1000 carbs i had this same thing going on .....this was a long time ago and my memory sucks but it seems on that carb i ended up with the mixture screw set at 1/2 turn or somthing before i could get it to lean out while the other carbs were set at a lot more i cant remember what the stock setting is right now ithink its like 2 1/2 turns or what ever but then no.4 carb was set almost close for it to work right .....and thats the way it was for a long time and it ran pretty good and did not foul plugs....but when i change the ignition later maybe a year or so that all changed .....seems the spark was so different that all the setting changed some and no.4 carb started acting more like the other .....it was so different that it only took a minute or two for me to relize that the carb i could not hardly get to run lean went lean instancely .....so if im remembering right thats the way it went for me ......and i must say that the ignition change was the thing that made the lasting fix ....since then which was yrs ago i hardly ever messed withit since ......so to me it ive always thought it had more to do with the ignition than carbs and the ignition always checked out good ...i did all the things you have done and kep ruling out the ignition but after yrs of missing with it the ignition was the cure all factor on my 1000.....i know the 1100 ignition is so much different than the 1000 and i dont know if any of this applyes but thats the way it went for me ..... :mrgreen:</blockquote>

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