Baja 5b won't start

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Toona

Toona

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I guess i jinxed myself by saying its been reliable 🤣. Anyway i though to myself i will go get it started since its been over a month since i drove it. Couldn't get it started, i changed the plug, the coil, the carb, the flywheel and a new air filter and still nothing, spark plug gap is at 25 and i can see the plug firing, I know its getting fuel because aftet i pull on it a few times i can smell gas and when I pull the plug its wet. I even drained and put brand new gas in it. Anyone has any leads.
 
Dirty30J said:
You are probably just flooding it. I do it all the time, they are so easy to flood. Does it have a choke on the carb?
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I got it running, @Dirty30J it was flooding, i pulled the fuel lines, flipped it over and all kinda gas came from the pipe, full throttle and after about 2 mins she came back roaring. I just didn't think the old carb wa dumping fuel like that.
 
smokinwheel said:
That would be my guess as well if the plug is actually "wet".
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It was, i thought leaving the plug off overnight and making sure it was sparking before reinstall was enough. Sometimes you just gotta hear it from someone else to make you say screw it imma start off from the beginning again.
 

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Toona said:
I got it running, @Dirty30J it was flooding, i pulled the fuel lines, flipped it over and all kinda gas came from the pipe, full throttle and after about 2 mins she came back roaring. I just didn't think the old carb wa dumping fuel like that.
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Been there, they flood so easily and very fast. It really doesn’t take much. I typically pull the plug and spray it with a carb cleaner or a brake parts cleaner to remove the fuel/oil. Something that dries fast is the stuff to use.
 
Dirty30J said:
Been there, they flood so easily and very fast. It really doesn’t take much. I typically pull the plug and spray it with a carb cleaner or a brake parts cleaner to remove the fuel/oil. Something that dries fast is the stuff to use.
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Starting fluid evaporates better than most
 
Toona said:
I guess i jinxed myself by saying its been reliable 🤣. Anyway i though to myself i will go get it started since its been over a month since i drove it. Couldn't get it started, i changed the plug, the coil, the carb, the flywheel and a new air filter and still nothing, spark plug gap is at 25 and i can see the plug firing, I know its getting fuel because aftet i pull on it a few times i can smell gas and when I pull the plug its wet. I even drained and put brand new gas in it. Anyone has any leads.
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had that problem. It was going on for a week. When it did run, I was lucky to get 10 minutes out of it before it would quit. It turned out the kill switch was glitching. I noticed that today while working on it. I disconnected the kill switch, it started. Happy me, I was getting quite frustrated
 
That was one of the first things i went to was the kill switch, i always keep a couple of spare parts of the things i think are important, so it was no big deal to replace everything that i did. I was getting super frustrated and had to walk away from it.
 
usually I will off my feed fuel line, prime out back the fuel, remove plug, pull few times..sometime can see fuel splash out a bit..pull until its clear, plug indent on the fuel feed line yet, cos inside the carb there's some few fuel left, pull the starter, its able to staton the feed line and prime abit..thats why I using on/off fuel valve instead of pulling out and insert back the hose..troublesome
 
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