Comments for Fresh Paint http://www.ykostudio.com/ywpb The Latest Scratchings From YKO Studio Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:51:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on ASUS A7N8X Clock Is Too Fast In Windows XP by Jon http://www.ykostudio.com/ywpb/2010/03/04/asus-a7n8x-clock-is-too-fast-in-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Jon Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:51:45 +0000 http://www.ykostudio.com/ywpb/?p=1119#comment-14 UPDATE - About a day after I posted this message, the clock in Windows started running fast again. Eventually, I tried setting the CPU to 170MHz instead of 166MHZ. The clock has been running fine for about 4 or 5 days now, so I think it is finally fixed. Jon “The Right Guy To Call” UPDATE – About a day after I posted this message, the clock in Windows started running fast again. Eventually, I tried setting the CPU to 170MHz instead of 166MHZ. The clock has been running fine for about 4 or 5 days now, so I think it is finally fixed.

Jon
“The Right Guy To Call”

]]> Comment on Snow Blower Repair by Jon http://www.ykostudio.com/ywpb/2010/02/24/snow-blower-repair/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Jon Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:37:37 +0000 http://www.ykostudio.com/ywpb/?p=1100#comment-13 When I checked around the web looking for information on this model snow blower, and the problem I was having, I came across a message board that had a few posts indicating that the carburetor was probably gunked up with varnish from old gasoline. Initially I thought I might have to remove the carb and disassemble it to clean it out, but the information I found told me that the bottom bolt on the fuel bowl was also the main jet for metering the flow of fuel. Since removing the carb from this machine looked like a bit of a chore, I decided to try cleaning the main jet first. I used a tiny drill bit which was just the right size, and moved it in and out of the orifice by hand (it was NOT attached to a drill). This cleaned out the orifice quite well and removed all of the crud that was restricting the fuel flow. It all makes perfect sense. The engine only ran when the choke was on (which reduces the amount of air mixing with the gasoline). With the clogged jet, the air/fuel mixture was too lean when the choke was open because it could not pass enough fuel. After cleaning, the right amount of fuel was flowing again and the mixture was back to the proper amount of air and fuel with the choke open. Hope that clears it up for ya. Jon "The Right Guy To Call" When I checked around the web looking for information on this model snow blower, and the problem I was having, I came across a message board that had a few posts indicating that the carburetor was probably gunked up with varnish from old gasoline.

Initially I thought I might have to remove the carb and disassemble it to clean it out, but the information I found told me that the bottom bolt on the fuel bowl was also the main jet for metering the flow of fuel. Since removing the carb from this machine looked like a bit of a chore, I decided to try cleaning the main jet first. I used a tiny drill bit which was just the right size, and moved it in and out of the orifice by hand (it was NOT attached to a drill). This cleaned out the orifice quite well and removed all of the crud that was restricting the fuel flow.

It all makes perfect sense. The engine only ran when the choke was on (which reduces the amount of air mixing with the gasoline). With the clogged jet, the air/fuel mixture was too lean when the choke was open because it could not pass enough fuel. After cleaning, the right amount of fuel was flowing again and the mixture was back to the proper amount of air and fuel with the choke open.

Hope that clears it up for ya.

Jon
“The Right Guy To Call”

]]> Comment on Snow Blower Repair by TheBigDog http://www.ykostudio.com/ywpb/2010/02/24/snow-blower-repair/comment-page-1/#comment-11 TheBigDog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:07:56 +0000 http://www.ykostudio.com/ywpb/?p=1100#comment-11 I didn't understand the concluding part of your article, could you please explain it more? I didn’t understand the concluding part of your article, could you please explain it more?

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