4-14 2003 Buell P3: Fuel System
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CARBURETOR 4.4
REMOVAL
1. Remove seat.
11WARNING1WARNING
To protect against shock and accidental start-up of vehi-
cle, disconnect the negative battery cable before pro-
ceeding. Inadequate safety precautions could result in
death or serious injury.
2. Unthread bolt and remove battery negative cable (black)
from battery negative (-) terminal.
3. Moving to left side of vehicle, rotate handle on fuel valve
to the fully vertical position to shut the gasoline supply to
the carburetor OFF.
4. Remove air cleaner assembly. See 4.3 AIR CLEANER,
steps 1-10.
5. Locate 6-place Deutsch connector in front of ignition coil
and depress external latch to separate pin and socket
halves.
6. Turn slotted screw to loosen band clamp on outboard
side of manifold-carburetor coupler. Pull carburetor from
coupler.
11WARNING1WARNING
Some gasoline will drain from the fuel inlet hose when
disconnected from the carburetor. Thoroughly wipe up
any spilt fuel immediately. Dispose of rags in a suitable
manner. Gasoline is extremely flammable and highly
explosive. Inadequate safety precautions could result in
death or serious injury.
7. Using a side cutters, cut clamp and remove fuel inlet
hose from fitting at side of carburetor.
NOTE
On California models, pull purge hose from fitting on same
side of carburetor.
8. Rotate cable adjusters at handlebar to add slack to idle
and throttle cables.
11WARNING1WARNING
As the carburetor is removed, be sure to keep assembly
upright as the float bowl contains gasoline. Tilting the
carburetor or turning it upside down will cause the gaso-
line to drain onto surrounding area. Gasoline is
extremely flammable and highly explosive. Inadequate
safety precautions could result in death or serious injury.
9. Loosen allen head screw to remove cable clamp at top of
throttle cable bracket. Using a needle nose pliers, care-
fully pull idle cable barrel from hole in throttle wheel
(farthest from cam stop). Pull throttle cable barrel from
remaining hole in throttle wheel. Release idle and throttle
cables from guides in throttle cable bracket and remove
carburetor from vehicle.
10. Keeping carburetor upright, move to bench area. Without
tilting carburetor or turning upside down, remove four
Phillips screws at bottom to remove float bowl from car-
buretor body. Carefully pour gasoline in float bowl into a
suitable container. Loosely install screws to fasten float
bowl to carburetor body.
11. If carburetor cleaning is required, proceed as follows:
a. Using special TORX bit (Snap-on® TTXR20E),
remove two tamper-resistant T20 TORX screws to
release throttle position sensor from carburetor
housing.
b. Remove Phillips screw (with lockwasher) to release
stay plate on auto-enrichener from carburetor hous-
ing. Pull enrichener from carburetor bore.
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