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Tearing down the GL and came across something I haven't seen before... a metal cover over the main and idle jets with a "140" stamp on it.

Anyone else seen one of these or know what's it for?
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Seen that on a VBA (or VBB) carb IIRC. I thought maybe it was for keeping dust/debris out of the jet stack?
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Air corrector. early SI carbs came with them. Very common.
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Thx Jon. So the heart in the filter does the correcting on later carbs?
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SoCalGuy wrote:
Thx Jon. So the heart in the filter does the correcting on later carbs?
It's an air corrector like what you would see on later SI main jet stacks. Once you remove this cover/air corrector, you will see the pilot jet that is plugged and the main jet stack with only the main and atomizer.
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Jonathan right on the money. I had this air-corrector on my 65 Allstate. I would go out and look at the number to see if there was a big difference from yours to mine, but I just sold the scooter a few days ago. Ho well...scott
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socal keep it all in a build thread, it's going to be interesting, but don't spread it into other threads, we want the whole scoop in one spot please....
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