I didn't take a picture of the carb before I started cleaning as I can just say it was just dirty. The main bowl gasket was completely rock hard as well as the gaskets on the throttle screw and the mixture screw. The gasket for mounting the carb on the engine was chewed up from a previous installation so every gasket was failing in every way.
Here is a look down the mainjet and also the needle which is rubber coated at the point. It's still in great shape so I'm happy here as you can tell.
There is still plenty of sediment to be removed and I spent a few minutes scraping in order to prep it for some chem dip to really clean things out. Yeap that's right, you are in luck. I'll show you the only way to clean carbs as far as I'm concearned.
I used a few drill bits to turn down into the seat. I just use my fingers and spin the bit with light pressure in order to spin away any curst that might be down in the hole that the needle was pulled out of.
