slapping sound?

[bottom cop]

Could you be more specific about the carburetor?  How about a make and model of the carb with no diaphragm?  I have a USA 1972 Z coupe and it has a diaphragm and it's been a constant source of problems.

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Mon, 6/23/08, goinhm@...

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> From: goinhm@...
> Subject: Re: [2
> cylinderhondas
> ] slapping sound?
> To: 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 3:39 AM
> I've done the toothpick trick with the solenoid....works great.   Sounds like you do need a solenoid and it sounds like the carb was in good condition but needs to be cleaned.  Have you considered disassembling the carb and then soaking it carb cleaner?
> If you do get another carb,  get the later model version and not the one with the diaphragm.  The USA coupes always had the later model carbs as original equipment.
> Dale
> > Thanks for the info.  Will check them out at the easiest ones first.  Time flies but it has probably been 5 yrs since I pulled it in the shop and parked it.  Had too many projects going at the time.  It ran good then except at idle.  I put a tooth pick in by needle of solenoid and finally got it adjusted right to get a fairly good idle after it got warm.
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