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    The Bad Idea - VF750F Interceptor restoration

    Greetings from Sunny (Finally) Holland, I had house guests 2 weeks in a row and needed one week to recover but I am back with good news. I thoroughly cleaned the jets and vents, reassembled, put carbs back on (pain) and low and behold it idles, it runs and it accelerates! Amazing...
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    The Bad Idea - VF750F Interceptor restoration

    Hi, I had a few things come up to keep my attention away but I am back. I removed the carbs last night, will work this week to disassemble again and clean them better manually and with some boiling as I do not have an ultrasonic cleaner available. Thanks for the speaker wire tip, I will use...
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    The Bad Idea - VF750F Interceptor restoration

    It does seem lean or starving for fuel because it wont rev. I had sent a hail Mary mail to an old buddy who used to work on these at my dealer and got the following back which may be of interest all round; "Valve Clearances Are Critical. Can Be Hard To Judge, When Adjusting. Goofy Long Wrench...
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    The Bad Idea - VF750F Interceptor restoration

    Hi and thanks for your reply, - I do have a shop manual, got a download as I couldn't find my original one, more on that later... - I followed the manual for the Carb R&R. - I also removed and cleaned the fuel pump and replaced the fuel filter. - With the ignition on it shoots fuel 8 feet...
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    The Bad Idea - VF750F Interceptor restoration

    Greetings from Holland. I was intrigued to find your restoration stories as I am currently bringing an orphaned Vf750f back from the dead and have an interest in the topic. Mine is an 83 delivered to Germany which has 42k kms/26k miles on it. I bought it from a dealer in Assen who maintained...
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