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CJ360T Great find, a fun ride!...NOT SO MUCH:(

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dawdish:
Hi all, I picked up this 360 about 6 months ago, it had been sitting, garaged for about 20 yrs, and it has about 7500 miles on it. The owner had put "stable"  in the gas, so though the gas was bad, the tank cleaned out easily and the carbs were, generally, ok.
I rode the bike for about 2 weeks in stock form with no problems, then just befor I started the build, it started running crappy. I thought well Ill take care of that during the build. But today, though a little better, it still runs like crap.
The symptom is...it fuel fouls #2 cyl...not wet with fuel, but black soot, and of course then the plug starts cutting out.
The bike idles perfect...and before the plug fouls, it runs down the highway like a bat out of hell.
But at tip in, just off idle to maybe 1/8-1/4 throttle, it spits and sputters. Open the throttle further, and it will go ahead and run, unless its in too high a gear, then it gets worse.
The #1 plug is a nice brown color and has never fouled.
The carbs have been off and apart and adjusted numerous times. All jets and adjustments are "exactly" the same.
The compression, here @ 6K feet elevation is 110# on both cyl., (kick starter only).
What I've done...I cked the ignition system...no power loss to the coils, the spark pattern scopes out perfect side for side... but just for grins, I switched the coils side to side, with no change in the fouling. Last time I had the carbs apart, I found the sliders had turned on the diaphragms, fixed that, and now after a 30 mile ride, though it still spits and sputters @ tip in, it hasnt "totally" fouled the plug, though it is still very black.
Mods...Pod filters, supper trap, and the obvious "Cafe" stuff.
HELP! It's got to be ready for a 250 mile trip in 2 weeks... And thanks much!

renslow:
What size jets are you running? She could be in the need of some fine tuning.  Go ahead and re check the point gap+timing .  Old bikes never leave you alone:)

legendary_rider:
I wish I was experienced enough to help you out. I'm posting on here to wish you luck and follow your thread. Might help me someday!

Sonreir:
Are those compression numbers after the engine has warmed up?

At 6000 ft, you should be getting no less than 130 PSI on a compression check with a warm engine.

Also... have you looked over the timing yet?

Finally, you will have problems getting it running perfectly.  360 carbs do not respond well to pod filters.

Jewbacca:
J-E-T-S... jets, jets, jets! Seriously, odds are your jets aren't tuned for the mods, and also, the pod filters, although it's been discussed to death, they just plain make it run like crap, and I have them on my bike. But, then again, I'm not at 6k ft either...

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