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Old 10-08-2011, 11:21 PM   #2
tew45
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Default Re: 79 Harley Gas Cart Fuel Delivery

Well, This may be a little difficult but here is a try; The engine runs forward and reverse to change directions. So if the throttle is working in forward it will work in reverse. The engine should not idle when your foot is off the pedal the engine should stop. If it is getting gas in reverse it will get gas in forward. It sounds like the compression may be too low (Ideal is 90#) forward and reverse. Sometimes the reading will be higher in reverse because the engine will turn a little faster in reverse. Now the next thing to check is timing (the timing has to be checked in forward as well as reverse. So compression is probably not good or timing is bad --- probably compression is too low. The engine is probably running in reverse and the starter is all that is running in forward. Please let us know what you find.
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