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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #20 on: April 05, 2019, 05:04:18 PM »
Here is a a pic I saved from someone else in the past.  I think the port should be open unless it is related to the pump diaphragm on the carb body's side (I can't remember).  Maybe poking with fishing line a carb cleaner will free it up?

what the heck is up wit dat crazy picture?

what bike did that come from, with some crazy electrical connector on a carb????

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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #21 on: April 05, 2019, 05:32:11 PM »
I set the float bowl height to 17mm per the shop manual and visually bench synced the carbs. ......

now, after explaining the pilot air circuit, and it's GREAT importance to starting the bike, and supplying fuel for IDLE, and just above...
HOW did you (explain the method) accomplish your "bench synch"?

When I instruct this process, I direct people to adjust the "idle" knob, to a point where the fixed stop on the carb casting is reached, then, I add 1 turn on the knob, just to "raise it off the positive stop".. then I proceed to adjust the individual carbs, the actual "adjusting screws", to move the throttle plates to a point where each and every carb has the "leading edge" of the throttle plate "covering" 1/2 of the forward hole in the throat... when observed, the "reflection" of the hole, on the throttle plate's bottom edge, should combine with the hole, and make a "perfect circle" in it's reflection, if it's less than that, the bike will not start, (so erring on the heavy side, and if the reflection is actually a "figure 8", it will still start... and backing off later on the knob will bring it back to the correct point) but the "circle" is what you shoot for..and all of the carbs must be equal... and this is all done as I noted before, after installing the pilot airscrews, fully, and backing them off 2 full turns.

if all that is followed, sticking a "synch gage" on the carbs is almost never needed, because they will be soooooo close just sticking the screwdriver on/against the adjusting screw will make it change...

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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #22 on: April 05, 2019, 06:57:16 PM »
fuel origin/supply to the starting circuit... controlled by the Pilot Air adjustment needle screw..
did you disassemble and clean all 4 of those? Those are the ones below the pressed in "tamper" plugs...which need to be removed to access that circuit.
there is a screw with a fine tipped "needle", that meters fuel during startup, and up thru the 2500 rpm range, as the throttle plate opens, exposing the 4 holes on the engine side of each carbs "bore", to pull fuel...
if those adjustment screws were never removed, and those circuits "cleaned"... the bike will never "start and run"...
also, if they were removed, they need to be reassembled correctly, with all parts intact, the small rubber o-ring, the backing washer, and the spring, all on the adjustment needle... (items 8 thru 11 in photo) then seated "gently", and backed off 2 full turns from the seat...

Yes, I removed all the pilot needles and cleaned them thoroughly. There were no plugs in place and they had been previously turned all the way in when I first started working on the bike. After I got the bowls back from Steve I asked him how many turns out and he advised me the same as you. With this most recent dissambly I noticed one of the metal washers was missing. I have spares so I'll make sure to reassemble it per the photo you attached (Thank you!). Right now I'm at AZ bike week so the reassembly won't happen until tomorrow or Sunday. Thank you again, MOB.

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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #23 on: April 05, 2019, 07:01:06 PM »
now, after explaining the pilot air circuit, and it's GREAT importance to starting the bike, and supplying fuel for IDLE, and just above...
HOW did you (explain the method) accomplish your "bench synch"?

When I instruct this process, I direct people to adjust the "idle" knob, to a point where the fixed stop on the carb casting is reached, then, I add 1 turn on the knob, just to "raise it off the positive stop".. then I proceed to adjust the individual carbs, the actual "adjusting screws", to move the throttle plates to a point where each and every carb has the "leading edge" of the throttle plate "covering" 1/2 of the forward hole in the throat... when observed, the "reflection" of the hole, on the throttle plate's bottom edge, should combine with the hole, and make a "perfect circle" in it's reflection, if it's less than that, the bike will not start, (so erring on the heavy side, and if the reflection is actually a "figure 8", it will still start... and backing off later on the knob will bring it back to the correct point) but the "circle" is what you shoot for..and all of the carbs must be equal... and this is all done as I noted before, after installing the pilot airscrews, fully, and backing them off 2 full turns.

if all that is followed, sticking a "synch gage" on the carbs is almost never needed, because they will be soooooo close just sticking the screwdriver on/against the adjusting screw will make it change...

My method was almost the same as you described. I will utilize your method after I reassemble the carbs to be sure it's set the way you described. Thank you.

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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #24 on: April 08, 2019, 10:45:35 AM »
Does anybody near Arizona want to buy a project? I did everything MOB suggested about bench synching the carbs after tearing the carbs apart again. I put the carbs back in the bike, hooked up the tank, and put the petcock on "prime". I see the gas flowing through the fuel line and then I see a huge puddle of gas on the floor below the bike coming from the overflow tubes...  :banghead: :banghead: :doh: :doh:


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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #25 on: April 08, 2019, 03:03:44 PM »
when it rains, it pours... float needles...replace, and adjust levels...

start at response #13 here...

http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=24023.msg299987#msg299987


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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #26 on: April 08, 2019, 05:05:46 PM »
when it rains, it pours... float needles...replace, and adjust levels...

start at response #13 here...

http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=24023.msg299987#msg299987

That's the infuriating part--The float needles are brand new. I just purchased them from Murph's week before last.

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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #27 on: April 08, 2019, 05:33:18 PM »
Ha, I've become a cautionary tale on what not to do to a carburetor.
I feel your pain, believe it!

Left a note for Steve, have not heard back.

Carbs coming back out tonight.

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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #28 on: April 08, 2019, 05:44:15 PM »
Ha, I've become a cautionary tale on what not to do to a carburetor.
I feel your pain, believe it!

Left a note for Steve, have not heard back.

Carbs coming back out tonight.

This will be the fourth time that I'm reinstalling the carbs. I don't like to quit but I'm losing my patience.

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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #29 on: April 08, 2019, 06:55:58 PM »
Seriously.
What is the hardest part for You?  Took me 3 hours to get those friggin boots back on.  Now I’m worried I’ll rip them and then something else to buy.  But that was definitely the most frustrating part.

Couldn’t find that bar Steve has in the vid and I’m not ready to tourch a good screw driver just yet.

Makes you doubt your sanity.  I know they worked when I bought the bike.

I’m just trying to get it running to sell it and motorcycle frenzy season is not going to last ‘til August.

No pressure!

We need a therapy group thread.

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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #30 on: April 08, 2019, 07:20:30 PM »
Seriously.
What is the hardest part for You?  Took me 3 hours to get those friggin boots back on.  Now I’m worried I’ll rip them and then something else to buy.  But that was definitely the most frustrating part.

Couldn’t find that bar Steve has in the vid and I’m not ready to tourch a good screw driver just yet.

Makes you doubt your sanity.  I know they worked when I bought the bike.

I’m just trying to get it running to sell it and motorcycle frenzy season is not going to last ‘til August.

No pressure!

We need a therapy group thread.

Honestly the hardest part is chasing these gremlins. The first time I pulled the carbs and put them back in, I swore I would never do it again. Now I've got down to a technique that goes fairly smoothly and quickly. The hardest part of it is getting the throttle cable ends in place.

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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #31 on: April 09, 2019, 11:44:08 AM »
Harbor freight is your buddy (in both cases) here.
They sell a radiator hose installation tool that helps a lot with the boots and long forceps that are useful for doing the cables.
Heating the boots with a hair dryer to soften them helps too.

Ride safe, Ted

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Re: No Combustion
« Reply #32 on: April 09, 2019, 04:17:28 PM »
have all those H/F tools, in multiples, and can say for what its worth, all the "picks/and bendy pointed tools", are well worth it.. but for the carbs, the cheapest screwdriver form dollar general... like the $1 one, heated red hot with a propane torch, and bent at the end 90*, will get ya thru this...

I used to use a "coat hanger" wire/hook" to do this... you don't need to spend big $ on tools...
"invention was the mutha' of necessity...".. be cheap. IT'S a GOOD thing.....

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