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July 14, 2007
Stuttering and Puttering
The Fridays when I work at the office, I try to have lunch with W., who grew up in the Valley and rides a motorcycle. We make a point of trying all the various places where we can sit outside. Two Fridays ago, I was mightily embarrassed when the Morini ran only fitfully. So the evening before this past Friday, I changed the spark plugs for two new ones and pulled the float bowls off the carbs. Lo and behold, the o-rings around both pilot jets had deteriorated. I blew out the jets just for giggles, slipped on new o-rings (see why I never throw anything away?), and the thing ran great. Even W. noticed.
If the trouble had been any more complicated than that, the Morini would have been put on waivers, probably for the season. Now I am working up the ganas to operate on the 851, perchance to cure its mysterious intermittent fuel-pissing ailment.