harbor freight 6.5 hp idle jet

[robbie]

In other threads on this forum I've read about the removable idle jet on Honda and clone engines. I need to clean the one on my Harbor Freight Greyhound 6.5 engine, but it looks like a brass plug rather than a screw. Oddly enough, it looks like it may have threads on the sides, but there is no accommodation for a screwdriver. Can anybody tell me if this is removable?

 

[rocketkart]

on some of them i guess thay are pre set i have the same thing on my engine but on my other one it has the head you can use a 8mm wrench to remove it.

 

[robbie]

Have you ever cleaned the idle jet on yours? I was thinking I would have to remove the carb from the engine and stick a wire in the hole from the inside.

 

[rocketkart]

yeah i had to clean them but i had used my air hose off my air compressor and some brake cleaner i never had to remove them.

 

[robbie]

To be clear, you removed the carb from the engine, but didn't remove the idle jet from the carb? I wouldn't think it would be very easy to clean the idle jet with the carb still on the engine.

 

[rocketkart]

no i removed the carb from the engine but but didn't remove the idle jet from the carb.

 

[robbie]

Thanks. I'll check it out. This engine sat for a month or two during the hot season and left a bunch of gum in the jets. It ran like crap, so we cleaned out the main jet. Now it runs great, but it won't hold a decent idle. I have a small tip for my air hose that should do the trick.

 

[rocketkart]

try it and let me know.

 

[Oxymoron]

To be clear, you removed the carb from the engine, but didn't remove the idle jet from the carb?

no i removed the carb from the engine but but didn't remove the idle jet from the carb.

LOL

 

[robbie]

Well, I guess I knew what he meant.....

 

[rocketkart]

the carb that was pre set i didn't remove the jet/can't remove the jet but the other carb i did remove the jet. sorry i was not trying to be smart. idk but if you can remove the jet thin you should remove it.

 

[Oxymoron]

I didn't think you were being smart, it just made me laugh out loud as I read it

Sorry for the interruption, carry on.