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...
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...
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...
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...
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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