Vintage Aquascooter AS-500 aquatic 2 stroke water scooter gets new carb kit. EP.3

G'day and welcome. In this episode we checkout the ebay carby gasket kit and see if it actually fits, and if it fits will it resolve our no starting issue? Lets find out.

0:05 Intro
1:05 A closer look at the $11.95 ebay carb kit
2:31 Carby removal AGAIN
3:46 Carby off
4:20 Flies flies and more flies...
4:30 Intake manifold gasket not suitable
5:27 Carb open and removing old hard diaphragm
6:27 More flies...
7:30 It's ULTRASONIC bath time
8:20 Start cooking some parts!
9:14 Compare old and new needles
10:20 Carby teardown continued
11:30 Whole carb takes a bath
11:57 All nice and clean
13:30 Carb reassembly with new kit
13:54 Lower diaphragm orientation, can't figure it out god dammit
21:06 New needle/seat installed and testing for leaking needle
21:34 Top diaphragm orientation
26:14 Installing carb back onto scooter
30:20 Checking for leaks with fuel tank installed
31:00 Adjusting the air/fuel mix
31:44 First pull start attempt
32:50 Scooter ROARS to life! Then dies again...
33:20 2hrs later
34:22 Pull start attempt again
34:48 Start ya fkin bastard!!!!!!!!!! Boom.
35:33 Some more tinkering with the carb settings
35:38 Idling nicely and revving cleanly.
36:00 YEEEAAAAAAHHHOOOOOO!!!!!!! Gotta love that 2 stroke smell