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Looking for a carb rebuild kit

Started by great white, April 02, 2022, 12:52:15 PM

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great white

So, my 89 fj1200 has the "ovalized" emulsion tube problem. They're in decent shape otherwise. The bike runs ok, other than a richness issue (ovaled emulsion tubes). I figured if I was going to tear them down again, I might as well throw a complete kit in them.

But, I'm having trouble finding a complete kit for an 88-90. If I wanted to pop 200+ cdn I can find them, but that's a bit pricey for a rebuild kit IMHO.

I can find lots of reasonably priced 84-87 and 91-94 kits (mostly keyster), but a separate kit is listed for 88-90 and everyone seems to be "out of stock" on that kit.

Anyone know what the difference is between the model years (84-87, 88-90 and 91-94) for the carb kits? I can't see it being much more than the jet sizes because as far as I know, the carb bodies themselves were the same throughout the model run.....

great white

I'll close out my own thread since no one seems to know the answer or has seen the post to make an answer.

I just side stepped the entire issue and ordered 4 emulsion tubes via RPM.

Pat Conlon

You did it correctly. By ordering from RPM you are going to get the correct factory Mikuni part.

Ordering from a FleaBay vendor....not so much.
1) Free Owners Manual download: https://tinyurl.com/fmsz7hk9
2) Don't store your FJ with E10 fuel https://tinyurl.com/3cjrfct5
3) Replace your old stock rubber brake lines.
4) Important items for the '84-87 FJ's:
Safety wire: https://tinyurl.com/99zp8ufh
Fuel line: https://tinyurl.com/bdff9bf3

Millietant

Quote from: great white on April 04, 2022, 02:19:52 PM
I'll close out my own thread since no one seems to know the answer or has seen the post to make an answer.


Don't be so quick to give up on us - with the new host/system, we're not seeing new posts in the same way used to do and to be fair, sometimes it can be quite quiet on here for a couple of days at a time as a lot of members have busy lives outside of their FJ's.

Had I seen your post though, like Pat, I would have suggested you go to RPM - best place in the USA/Canada for those hard to source FJ parts.  :good2:
Dean

'89 FJ 1200 3CV - owned from new.
'89 FJ 1200 3CV - no engine, tank, seat....parts bike for the future.
'88 FJ 1200 3CV - complete runner 2024 resto project
'88 FJ 1200 3CV - became a race bike, no longer with us.
'86 FJ 1200 1TX - sold to my boss to finance the '89 3CV I still own.

great white

Quote from: Millietant on April 06, 2022, 01:07:57 PM
Quote from: great white on April 04, 2022, 02:19:52 PM
I'll close out my own thread since no one seems to know the answer or has seen the post to make an answer.


Don't be so quick to give up on us - with the new host/system, we're not seeing new posts in the same way used to do and to be fair, sometimes it can be quite quiet on here for a couple of days at a time as a lot of members have busy lives outside of their FJ's.

Had I seen your post though, like Pat, I would have suggested you go to RPM - best place in the USA/Canada for those hard to source FJ parts.  :good2:

Yep, that's why I said "or has seen the post" to my reply.

:)