PWK carburetors for Norton MK3

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OK, I think this might be why I'm not getting the bike to idle, the hole must be plugged!
I did soak the carburetor in carb cleaner for one hour yesterday and it looks new.
I ran some fine wire, about an inch long, through it and shot some carburetor cleaner in the hole. However I can't see where the carburetor cleaner is coming out anywhere? Where is it going? I wonder if it still plugged? I would hate to put it back on the bike and still have the same problem without knowing for sure.
Thanks again for all your responses.
 
Suggest that you remove the idle air screw and float bowl.
Then look inside that idle air screw hole and confirm that the brass pilot jet (with the .016 hole) is in place.
Then stick the carb cleaner spray tube into the idle air screw hole and place your finger over the two holes on the carb opening mouth end.
Spray the carb cleaner and you should see the cleaner spray through that small threaded hole (original pilot jet hole).
Put a clean dish to catch the spray and see if any debris is ejected.
 
You absolutely have to remove the pilot air adjusting screw and poke a 16thou wire through the pilot jet bush
Carb cleaner will not do the job on its own,
Maybe consider getting the single carb mikuni kit
This has been much discussed lately ,if you don't want to rev the bike really high or go much above 90 mph then the single 34 mikuni is hard to beat cheers
 
nortonisthebest said:
In all my years I haven't ever seen a pilot jet installed in any Amal carburetor I've owned. They have all been missing that jet! How impotent is it? Is it necessary?
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The jets probably weren't missing. As Bob Z says, Amal moved its location and changed it from a screw-in jet to a pressed-in 'bush' on 4-stroke carbs.



Except for very early 4-stroke and 2-stroke Amal Mk1s the pilot jet is directly opposite the pilot air screw and can be seen in the RH picture.

http://amalcarb.co.uk/rebuilding-mark-1-concentric-carburetter


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nortonisthebest said:
I ran some fine wire, about an inch long, through it and shot some carburetor cleaner in the hole. However I can't see where the carburetor cleaner is coming out anywhere? Where is it going?
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http://www.jba.bc.ca/Bushmans Carb Tuning.html

PWK carburetors for Norton MK3


PWK carburetors for Norton MK3
 
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Guess what, it worked!!!! I am now getting carb cleaner through the small threaded pilot jet hole on both carburetors. The .016 wire worked great. I could feel it brake through I then used cleaner and compressed air to clean it. The pictures really helped to see how I had to do it.

Thank you all for all your help, you saved my bacon! Wow
 
Ok brilliant well done,
Those pilot bushes are tricky
 
Hello,
I just got back from a 30 mile test ride and it ran great. Very smooth and responsive with it idling as it should. I just need to put some miles on it and brake it in.
Don't you just love it when things come together.
Thanks again for all your help. You have saved me a lot of dollars and headache.

Paul
 
That's the great thing about this site sharing knowledge and helping others
Great news mate
 
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