Recent content by wcz324

Junky pods may mean it's not getting enough air --> Flooding, like you said. I would think that good spark means the points are fine, BUT make sure the timing is right, that could be causing you trouble. I'd say if you're cleaning the carbs anyway, just clean them and then make sure fuel is...

Didn't double check the bore/ring sizes, but did buff the cylinders. The rings definitely had to get compressed to fit in the cylinder, so I think they were good, but it's possible there had been a small bore put on the cylinders. Also the cylinders weren't really ovaled at all. But yeah, the...

I appreciate it a lot. I was thinking it might be the valves because of it smoking on the hard acceleration (sucking oil down the guides) and smoking after sitting (oil seeping down the guides) my thing is just that it smokes so much. I ran it until it was out of gas and it was smoking like...

I can't re-do the compression test myself (Nothing to do it with) but when I took it to the mechanic it was right around 160 on each cylinder, can't remember the numbers exactly.

Okay, so I'm pretty stumped and could use some help. I've got a '73 Honda CB350F with about 12k miles on it. I bought it about 2 years ago smoking with the intention of fixing it and selling it. The guy I bought it from was a local, not very well-regarded mechanic and said it was the rings...