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Old 03-08-2011 | 09:36 AM
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ameyam
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Default RE: Is this natural for the top of the piston (55ax)

I dont have access to ATF so that isint a possibility. But I did keep it in for another day and then ran some used fine sandpaper over just to see. It does clean quite nicely. Just to ensure that I dont leave sandpaper grit in it, I have left it in for another day. Tomorrow, I will force air through the carb holes before I reassemble to ensure that there is no clogging. Then I will oil everything throroughly and re-assemble. Hopefully after that is done, it will be working decently enough to install on a US40 for Sunday. I plan to put one tank through the engine rich before I take to the air just to ensure everything is lubricated, any and all dirt is flushed and I dont have any deadsticks.

I was setting up a Reactor 46 with another 55ax that was also dead-sticking and I just wanted to know how to set the LSN. Firstly I set the LSN to 1.5 turns from the fully closed position with the carb baffle totally closed. I was able to start the engine at this point, especially because it had just run. Just wanted to know how to fine-tune further. I have seen people do this with a pinch test. How does that work?

Ameyam