Q: My snowmobile ran once and has not started since.

asked by on September 05, 2016

I have a 1979 Kawasaki 440 invader snowmobile. It hat not run in about 10 years because we never got around to changing the broken fuel lines. I replaced all the fuel lines, put fresh gas in it, and after about 30 pulls it ran for about 5 minutes. Since then we have not been able to get the sled to start. I have now changed the spark plugs and had the carb cleaned by a mechanic, he took the entire carb apart, cleaned it and adjusted it to spec, using the shop manual I have for that sled. After all that, the sled still will not run. Please help!!!

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