huck_finn
Been Around the Block
I have been trying to nail down why the left cylinder was running cool compared to the right. So I did the following:
- Set the cam chain tension
- Adjusted the valve clearances
- Adjusted the timing
At this point it started, idled for a bit at around 1200 RPM, but then died. I kicked it over again and it wouldn't even idle - just died no matter how much I feathered the throttle.
This afternoon I pulled the carbs, disassembled, cleaned (they weren't too dirty), put them back together using rebuild kits from Common-Motor, did my best to bench sync, and threw them back on.
Sprayed in a little starter fluid, and as soon as I kicked it over it went straight to redline without me throttling - and then it died. Tried it one more time and I got the same results. There was a slight tear in the right carb's diaphragm, but that wasn't the cylinder that was giving me trouble - so I put it back together just to see what I would get (getting good rise and fall when I blew through the carb).
- Set the cam chain tension
- Adjusted the valve clearances
- Adjusted the timing
At this point it started, idled for a bit at around 1200 RPM, but then died. I kicked it over again and it wouldn't even idle - just died no matter how much I feathered the throttle.
This afternoon I pulled the carbs, disassembled, cleaned (they weren't too dirty), put them back together using rebuild kits from Common-Motor, did my best to bench sync, and threw them back on.
Sprayed in a little starter fluid, and as soon as I kicked it over it went straight to redline without me throttling - and then it died. Tried it one more time and I got the same results. There was a slight tear in the right carb's diaphragm, but that wasn't the cylinder that was giving me trouble - so I put it back together just to see what I would get (getting good rise and fall when I blew through the carb).