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Simplicity 12 FCH

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Re: Simplicity 12 FCH

Postby bobodu » Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:11 am

FINALLY got all the drive parts I needed and put her back together...NOW I have pouring out of the carb !!
Dropped the bowl and it is full of rust...Interesting since everything BUT the bowl is plastic. So a new carb will be here tomorrow. Everything I have found says these things are a bitch to steer so we'll have to see if I wanna keep it... :lol:
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Re: Simplicity 12 FCH

Postby StarTech » Mon Oct 26, 2020 7:35 am

Bob, Sounds like you're helping the same luck that I had with a Yamaha ATV here. Everytime I got one thing fix something else reared its ugly head and with this Covid-19 parts deliveries were very slow. Finally got it running after 11 months and now the customer is balking on picking it up. Still too lean but I have richer jets in it already. so it may be time for the micro drill bits.
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Re: Simplicity 12 FCH

Postby bobodu » Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:15 pm

Well Boys..the el cheapo Chinese carb got here today.....Fit and worked like a charm. So I got to test drive her.......The interweb fellas were right....they are a bitch to drive !!!! My first 17 feet took out a potted plant and a garden gnome... :?
The learning curve is STRAIGHT UP ~!!!!This is not mine but you get the idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaMh-sRnN_Y
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Re: Simplicity 12 FCH

Postby 38racing » Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:10 pm

looks like it needs a different gear ratio on that steering.
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Re: Simplicity 12 FCH

Postby bobodu » Mon Nov 02, 2020 6:08 pm

Hated the thing so much...I traded it for a Mossberg.
Fella said he wanted it to haul stuff around the yard. He asked why I wanted yet another shotgun...I told him " November 4th"....
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