The Hodaka Club Forum

is this passage opened ,closed or what cant seem to find out ,or figure out whats up with it ....albert

Yes, should be open, if you blow air either way thru it, it should come out opposite end.

ok then the gas will find level in bowl and passage i can not get it cleared and did not want to make my usual mistake of rushing thru stuff like my dad, just get a bigger hammer....albert

Just adding a clarification note. On the outside, I'm pretty sure you can see the "BB" plugging the bottom of the passage (so it isn't a leak to the outside). There should be no leakage at the "BB".
Ed

ok when i look at it after your two comments it looked like the "BB" was inside of the passage not on the outside like the other passages on the carb .so right or wrong i drilled through it . not through the carb wall so to speak but through the "BB"and now have it opened. sprayed cleaner in the top/big hole and comes out the bottom no leakage on the out side i believe thanks is in order....albert

DOH! I "remembered" that passage incorrectly - there is no "BB" sealing the outside end of the passage. Sorry about that.

Unfortunately, there was no sealing "BB" inside the bore either. I fear that you have drilled out the metering jet for the starting circuit of the carb. It would have been better to examine things more closely and simply clean the passage and jet . . . but you didn't get very good advice from me. For that, I apologize. Luckily, it is quite possible that drilling out that jet may not cause much of a problem. The starting circuit (commonly called the choke) is meant to provide a rich mixture - and your modified carb will certainly do that now. With any luck at all, the only effect you might notice could be having to shut off the starting circuit a bit sooner than normal.

Ed

no worries ed ive done worse things. i spent hours , really, trying to get some kind of flow through that passage. could not blow air through , nor liquid of any kind, so what the @#$% it works now. i'm moving on. i do appreciate the help.....albert