Hi all, just another newbie that bought an old 1995 Honda TRX 300 FW a few days ago. Of course being that old it has a few issues. (I bought a similar 2 wheel drive fourtrax a year ago that was a basket case partially disassembled that I was told needed piston, rings, and a cylinder. I just stuck it in a shed at the time for use as parts) When I went to pick up my 1995 4wd 4 trax a few days ago the starter would not work and the battery the seller put in less than a month ago was dead. We jumped it but the starter motor was bad. It did kick start though only when choked would it run and I loaded it up and brought it home. I had to push it off my trailer as the battery was stone dead and it wouldn’t kick start. The next day I charged the battery, rode it about 2000 feet on half choke and shut it off. I could not restart the thing and decided to fix the starter in the morning. Next morning I noticed it was leaking gas from the carb vent. I pulled the battery and put it on a trickle charger because I suspect something, maybe the faulty starter? was making a dead short and draining the battery. I changed the starter out but haven’t swapped or cleaned the carb yet because it’s raining this morning. I looked at the air cleaner yesterday and the air cleaner box was full of gasoline. About 4" deep. The air cleaner just looks like wire mesh. I took the air cleaner off the parts bike yesterday along with the carb. Also the seat, as the seat was torn on my ‘new’ bike. I hope the rain ends soon so I can swap the carbs, put the ‘new’ air cleaner on, reinstall the gas tank and battery and see what happens.
