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Tech Information => General Help => Topic started by: ltd440snowrider on December 10, 2012, 07:44:40 AM
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I have a 79 Drifter 440. Whenever I try to run it with the airbox on it it will run fine to start out. Eventually it bogs out and dies. As soon as I rip the airbox off it fires right back up and runs like a champ. What should I try in order to be able to run it with the box on? I have a carb rebuild kit for it. What do you think is causing this problem? I have never taken the airbox apart.
As a side note my riding buddy has numerous Drifter 440's and he has the same issues with all of them. I'd sure like to tell him I solved the problem! ;D
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Might be mice nesting inside the airbox, or a plugged screen? or maybe sucking snow in and plugging things up? just a couple of ideas...
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Ok- I just split the air box in half. No critters in there. I followed the repair manual's direction to insert a rolled up piece of paper inside the screen (repair manual calls it a pipe) to ensure it lines up with the two halves correctly then pulled out the paper. It looks like it's lined up properly. The manual say's to run a bead of silicone around the seam to seal it up. I think I'll try that.
Anyone out there in Kawasaki land have luck running Drifters with the air box on? I posted the same question a few years back and someone replied that one of the O rings inside the carburetor might be bad. I don't remember who replied or exactly which O ring they were referring to. :o :o
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Ok- I just split the air box in half. No critters in there. I followed the repair manual's direction to insert a rolled up piece of paper inside the screen (repair manual calls it a pipe) to ensure it lines up with the two halves correctly then pulled out the paper. It looks like it's lined up properly. The manual say's to run a bead of silicone around the seam to seal it up. I think I'll try that.
Anyone out there in Kawasaki land have luck running Drifters with the air box on? I posted the same question a few years back and someone replied that one of the O rings inside the carburetor might be bad. I don't remember who replied or exactly which O ring they were referring to. :o :o
the oring that seals into the hole in the bottom of the bowl
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Thanks Trucker! I'll replace that one!