Fred's Harley CV carburetor needs cleaning 

Guys like mike are the last of a dying breed, dont need no schematics, dont need the internet, they have done it long enough they can fix anything with there eyes closed. Wish the new generation would be more hands on. Love your videos mike.

Mike great to see you thanks for sharing and God’s blessings for you all

Ron Trock schooled me on CV carbs years ago before his passing. He had some neat little tricks. I still run one of his that he set up for me. Good video Mike.

Love your videos, thanks! Fixing up an old FXR currently.

The only thing you might have touched on is the idle mix screw hidden under the welch plug. These are adjusted way too lean from the factory to meet EPA emissions standards. They are good carbs, though.

Good morning Mr Pacific, Cameraman Mike, hope all is well. Nobody ever taught me how to rebuild carbs, I learned the hard way(2000 R6 w/ 4 carb bank ) but eventually, I figured it out. Removed the Dyno Jet set up and installed an Ivan's kit, she was a nasty little rocket. I bought vacuum gauges, the whole nine to sync them and found a simple bench sync works wonderfully. Funny, I used to use Lucas grease, the red and green stuff to wet all my seals and gaskets until I saw you using white lithium, which I use now instead. I'm so glad you're so fond over it because I swore by the application and people thought I was crazy lol. Truth be told, it creates a beautiful bond. Luckily we have a VP non ethanol gas station a mile away from my house, which I always use in my scoots which are both carb'd. Also, as you probably know, I believe that Sporty metering needle or slide needle is a very popular choice in the Twin Cam carbs when upgrading, supposedly helps with throttle response, I forget the exact years from which Sporty. Personally, I don't drill my slides or get too fancy with reinventing the carb, just jet them and set them up properly, always has worked for me, knock on wood. I run a CV 40 on my 2002 Night Train and a Mikuni 42 on my 2002 Electra Glide, love them both equally, the smoothness of the CV and instant throttle response of the 42. Always love a good carb rebuild video. Take care of yourselves and we'll see you soon.

When I worked at the Corvette assembly plant,we used torque guns to assemble with to guarantee all were the same. Another excellent video😊

I have stripped out so many cv bowl screw holes with those snap on screwdrivers it insane. Never with any other screwdriver only when using my snap-on. I prefer using them because they grip better and never cam out the head but they have so much more torque they will strip the whole out like crazy

Hey Mike, hope all is well your way! Your comment about today's gasoline is absolutely spot on! I work on small engines, lawnmower man, lol! Most are air cooled and carburated, just like bikes. Ninety percent of our service issues are related to today's poor quality fuel. It doesn't last on the shelf or in the machine very long at all! Keep up the good work! Thanks!

Hey Mike like always you do great work and yes they are not racing cab s but they very good cab s I been running on those cab s for 32 years and 290 th KS and I never had to play with the cabs

Have these on both my shovel- and Panhead. Thank You for your tips never to old to learn..

Hi Mike, i purchaed my first Harley (a 99 FXDX) and your channel has been a god send of information and know how. Keep up the goog work and i look forward to watching more of your uploads. 👌🏽

Good stuff thinking of going CV on my shovel. Thank for the content.

Another good one cheers keep pushing

Much respect sir! Rob Ohio... got a 1977,79 old school Springer chopper. Was built Indiana, show bike. I found it after 10 years of show. Its ride for me!! Love your video s sir! Keep on keeping on brother

Thanks Mike for another good video. One thing I've notices is the little rubber accelerator pump boots that come in the kits for various carbs, they seem to break down and crack faster than an original. Not much we can do about it but keep a couple spares around.

I have a 2000 model FXDWG that I bought just this past February. I bought it because it is carbureted. I'll need to do this carb overhaul eventually.

Mike If you look at the screws on that Mikuni carb they have a dot on the head indicating that they are JIS ( Japanese Industrial Standard) . If you find a Philips JIS you will see a better fit and less of a tendency to rotate out on loosening and tightening. Found this out working on Japanese bikes and cars. Cheers

Thanks for the great video! One thing to prevent sludge build up is to always run supreme fuel. I never use regular in small engines. Thanks

Hello Mike, hope all is well. Good Vide as always.

Mike, I know too well what you're talking about!! Had to clean my 05 carb after it sat for almost 2 years after my massive heart attack a couple of years ago, went to the local Harley Davidson dealership to get a rebuild kit, and I wanted an extra emulsion tube because I cracked mine taking it out because I removed the high speed jet before breaking loose the tube(it looked like jello in the carb). The young fellow at the parts counter said we don't stock anything for carburetors, they are outdated and I don't know anything about them much less what a emulsion tube is, we only have fuel injection parts because that's what Harleys have 😂. He went to the back and came back with someone else and they showed him how to lookup carburetor kits and parts on the computer, when the other fellow left he told me, Sir I thought you were joking when you asked for that part and turned red 🤣. Keep up the great videos.. what is the shelf live on Harley oil, I have 3 or 4 quarts that are a few yeas old?✌🏻

Another great video,now I’ll have something to refer to when I go to rebuild my CV.Thanks Mike

Thank you for sharing. Another great video, very much enjoyed it. 👍👀

good breakdown Mike. it's a good carb (cv) I've used them on pans, shovels, EVOs, and twin-cams. all, when jetted and set correctly run well. and there are still plenty cv carbs around.

Hello Mike and Mike . How are you ? Thank you for this video. Getting a bit cool here but still some dry pavement.

Good video as usual. On every carburator I've rebuilt, I replaced the Phillips screws with Allen heads. Me and those lead alloy carb screws that distort when you put a Phillips screwdriver anywhere near them just don't get along. 👍

I like to run amber driving lights too! thanks for sharing. Love the CV, run one on my 79 Shovel.

✊🏻👍👌🙏 I’ll remember this video when I get into my cv . Thanks for tip on LB swap meet . 61 flh is up and running here . Found leak down test 70% on rear cyl. 40% on fnt cyl. Rear head bolts loose and rear cyl had one stripped out stud in case . Re ringed & cyl hone . Back together and kicks over !!!- always start by owners manual start procedure . That worked - 😁 well ; amazing what people bring ya - Moral of the story - ✊🏻👍👌

I’m so glad your here !!!

Great video! Kudos to the photographer!!😎

Interesting video Mike. Personally I like the Mikuni VM on my 83 Shovelhead. Always good to know about CV carbs too!

Never worked on a Cv but interesting to see the guts, Thanks Gentlemen,

mike good video, i rebuilt my holley screaming eagle double pumper i was intimidated at first but now it's something i can do anytime ! You must have stock in the lithium grease plant ! lol

Thank you so much.

Great vid! You are awesome to listen to.

Hey big Mike, starter complete new, wont engagement, gonna tear clutch down tomorrow. Did see washers missing behind 3 ball bearing clutch cable assembly. Keep tearing it down. Thinking clutch basket nut came lose

I have the exact same black handle screwdrivers, and I know how old they could be, yet mine, the same as yours have been looked after and still work fine. As they say, look after your tools and they'll look after you.

Awesome videos love em all man keep ‘em coming !!

You are AWESOME Mr Mike

Nice work. Experience pays.

Thank you.

Another way to check the Excelerator pump jet nozzle is to put a little gasoline in the bowl and take the rod and push down on the diaphragm and some gas will squirt out if not it’s clogged. Also using a JIS (Japanese industry standard) screwdriver will not allow you to strip the float bowl screws out Japanese screws have a different pitch then American screws.

On my cv carb, 1984, in the accelerator pump you have two tiny ball bearings that go in the holes by the o rings

Thank you Mike been watching for a couple of years.... Kool beans .... Slick Dirty DOZEN M.C old school O.G .😊 keep it up 😂😂😂😂😂😅🎉😊

Hi Mike Gotta s and S e gas flowing out the over flow tube

Howdy. Any chances on doing a rebuild video for a Bendix/Zenith carburetor? Great videos you make. Thanks.

Dude your freakin awesome by the way! Just wanted to let you know that.... I like your videos man there real top shelf first class!

it is nice to disassembly Mike

Nice one Mike😀

Thanks for the interesting Video a have a cv carburetor on my Evo sporty

After just finishing a S&S super E rebuild, I feel like the CV carbs is a lot easier in comparison.

I lost my cv carb in a house move and never looked back. The SU has taken its place on my evo.

I'm putting a Keihin CV on my '55 FLE per one of your videos.

Just curious why the checkball is not addressed? It is an apparent issues when others have cleaned the jets etc., but still have issues getting the bike to start and run/idle properly. Thanks

would have liked to know if the low speed jet has a hole all the way through or not. also show that the crud can plug the main jet closed. somewhat ok video but those are 2 important things i was looking for.

Mike is there a formula you use to determine how much fuel a carb needs in order to run on a specific sized engine? 50cc vs 1000cc as an example...

I swear this cat is the biker Bob Ross. Same exact energy and patience. Wish i had a fella like this as a neighbor so i could hang out and learn from him. This in a way is like that tho i guess right? What carb were you mentioning that you said you could adjust for elevation on the fly? I have an 03 wide glide. Only mods are a stage 2 big sucker air cleaner and vance and hines pipes. It still has the factory carb and intake so im wanting to upgrade that but not sure what carb to go with. Any help would be much appreciated

Big Mike help, so some one made a 5 speed gear box that stuffed in the sporster 4... do you remember name???

Question on the CV CARB. I'm transitioning from the magnetii marellii injection to a carb this winter. The mechanic told me that the CV carbs do not need to be retuned for elevation. It's self adjusting by means of the vacuum/pressure. In your experience, is that accurate? I live and so far ride here in Kansas, but plan on doing some longer rides into the mountains once I get to retirement.

Hi Mike , I seen one of your videos where you changed jets in carb, I think it was Mike’s. You put a #50 jet in, said you were in high elevation , well I bought one recently from up in the hills and I’m in Florida. Elevation 33ft ! Do you think a 52 or 54 would be better at this low altitude , first time working on Electra Gilda , it’s a 1985 , thanks for any help . Oh it spits at me so thought jet. Might help

Hey Mike, I bought a 1981 Shovel last year and it hat a Dell‘orto PHM 40 installed. Should I keep it or change it? As this was changed on purpose some time ago I was wondering what the benefits of a Dell‘orto are. Can you help me with that? Other than that keep up this flow of amazing content.

Sounds like the CV isn’t your favorite carb. What carb would YOU prefer on a twin cam ?

HOWdy P-M, ... Thanks = I'm always interested in new ideas and HINTS on the KEIHIN CV-40 or Screaming Eagle CV Thanks Again COOP the WiSeNhEiMeR from Richmond, INDIANA ...

You said you prefer a carb that lets ride in variable altitudes. Which carb would that be ?? Thank you

Good morning Mike, I put a kit in the cv ,but after letting the bike sit for 10 /20 minutes I have gas dripping out the 2 small holes in the bottom of the face of the venture, changed float height lower than recommended but still leaks ,any thoughts

Hello I was wondering what size are each of the Jets that are in the carburetor

Question Do you know how to find a s n s video rebuild in your library thanks mike

Is that the same carb as what came on my 2006 1200 sporty Custom?

Mike I have a 90 EVO, it has round floats I am told it should be upside down to adjust can you give me the height and proper procedure.

You forgot the part where you have to buy new screws after stripping the heads out using the wrong screwdriver.

I was supprised that you did not use white lithium grease on the diaphframs of the carb, is there a reason for that ?

hey Mike, what size jets you use on that carb ?

Hiya Mike, cameraman Mike, Fred, and wireless mic... float level question on that CV: it's got a 40 thou tolerance (0.040) of "correct level". I'm here about 12 feet above sea level. You're a couple thousand feet higher if I remember correctly. Would varying the float level for elevation (higher measurement number/lower bowl fuel level for you, opposite for me) compensate for the variation of air density? Obviously at some point jets need changing, but for a few thousand feet difference, would just the fuel level difference be "enough"? Same for "hot/humid" (here in FL) and "cool/dry" with similar elevations?

Run the same carb on my 05 Sporty1200R, - 48 - 50 MPG... EPA be dammed.

Thats the problem, it is not clear. I have round floats and they cover square floats. The procedure is diffrent for mine, I have seen some say the carb should be held vertical but no measurement provided. I was wondering if you had any literature covering this. None of my service manuals covers this particular CV carb with round floats.

Good video mike, I recently got the 46 Knuckle back from mechanic and he told me to run premium 98 octane in it instead of the 91 I was using, it did seem to run better. Mike, I have to remove the chrome trim that is on the gas tank, I can see the little grub screw that holds the badge on but I'm not sure how to remove the trim, is it just pressed on. I have searched some forums but no luck as yet. Thank you for any help you can offer.

are these CV carbs anything like the old mid 80's ford vvcarbs ? , great vid . thanks

Could you tell me what the model number is on that carb? I'd like to look it up to see what that fitting is near the gas fitting. Or can you tell me? looks like the gas fitting only plastic. Thanks.

Is it because of the breaderoil going in carb

I really need to replace the actual diaphragm from the solider

Can u show how to clean your front break please thanks mine needs dot 5 whatttt

Mike what carb do you prefer? You started to talk about one in the vid that you can adjust on the fly without changing jets?

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My 04 tc88 when it's cold the idle set normal rpm then after riding bike gets warmed up the rpm rises to 1200 plus rpms, what would fix this annoying issue? I live in fla. Sea level,thanks

I gave away those CV carburetors.

Mike, you got anything against a Super E? -Joe

Close enough for horseshoes, hand grandes and nuclear warfare

Months old?? I like to freshen mine weekly. It goes off like milk.

I just got a 2001 dyna 88 twin cam, what carb rebuild kit do I need?

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I think your website is down.

cameras ? you know cameras too ?

Hello! is it possible to put a carburetor on a 2004 injection fat boy?

So it the gas we use now how a about taking the gas an taking the àllhall outof it

93 Ethanol free gasoline

You mean you don’t just throw the whole assembly in an ultrasonic? Lol

Is this relevant to a 96 fatboy?

Well mike it's been a wile but I'm back in washington thinking about getting harlydavidson scat maybe a 175cc model I think when I was young the guy next door had one but now I'm old have not the resort ounces to get one oh well it's OK to dream I loved it so much it was good as long as you never expected to much out of it I guess it's OK to dream Lemay Nelson

✊🏻👍👌🙏 I’ll remember this video when I get into my cv . Thanks for tip on LB swap meet . 61 flh is up and running here . Found leak down test 70% on rear cyl. 40% on fnt cyl. Rear head bolts loose and rear cyl had one stripped out stud in case . Re ringed & cyl hone . Back together and kicks over !!!- always start by owners manual start procedure . That worked - 😁 well ; amazing what people bring ya - Moral of the story - ✊🏻👍👌

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