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tosh:
Update- got it up under its own steam, mixture of plug gap and choke butterfly's on carb 1&2 not closing fully, only running on 3 pots but think it's plug on no2 as couldn't get socket in to get it out, runs rough and only on full choke bet hey it's a start

Krzychu:
Hi Tosh, what year exactly is Your bike or what model of carbs do You have in there ?
I have a Haynes book for my wee girl and yes it says to set the pilot screws at 1.5 for the start and then work on them, but then when I go to the last pages it gives separate settings for different models ( US, UK ) and years. There is quite a big difference between them as its 1.5 turn out for one and 2.5 turn out for the other.
Good luck with it anyway  ;)

tosh:
Hi krzychu, it's a RC03 1979 with PD51A carbs so uk spec. After new plugs leads and caps it's now running ok on the stand (front calipers in bits at moment so unable to see how it behaves under load, with the 120 mains stock pilots and pods) seems to rev freely through the range although running leaner on No 1 than the other 3 pots. I think a lot of the problem was that I hadn't noticed that the PO hadn't reconnected the choke spring on the carbs properly so although 1&2 were functioning properly 3&4 were always a good 1/4 " off closing fully  ::)

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