Okay, I looked at this darn receipt, dated back in 2014, wow, 4 years went bye me.
So it could have been all new parts and the 4 years of sitting in fuel caused them to deteriorate some.
I was going to check and clean needle valves, thought I would look at the in carb inlet filter cone. And the right side was dirty, so cleaned it, went to left side and no fine particles in it "just a hole letting all flow into carb" oh yes I was upset.
Now looking for this filter has been a task, still have not found it, I only can hope they include it in the major rebuild kit that is suppose to have it all. I tried to see it in their pic of the kit, but did not see it actually.
So is this cone shaped inlet filter on the Solex H40/44EIS carb just something we no longer can get ?
I do not want to use any nylon type product in the fuel system, yet that is what this cone shaped filter is made from, or the cellulose type, as not sure how well that last against todays fuel.
So do I just remove this cone nylon filter, trash it, and just find a fine metal screen filter and put in the fuel line at the carb...... I was wondering about just taking out the nipple fitting on the carb and attaching the filter right to the carb?
I can use the threaded port for the filter cap as it has a larger dia. port, and I could just remove the small nipple inlet fitting and plug it off, but it really depends on what fine filter I can find to fit these threaded ports.
Next huge question, the smaller the Micron # ( like 10 ) means a finer screen than say the 100 micron filter ?