Congrats dude! I agree with the others though. Take your time, rent, or even buy a compression tester. They're cheap enough and hand enough to keep around. If the compression is off and the rings are fubar'd it's best to know now.
-Kyle On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:57 PM, McMean <[email protected]> wrote: > Victory is mine! > > Pulled the plugs, filled 'er up with Fluid Film (no one in any stores > here in Canada had even heard of Marvin's Mystery Oil) which is a > pretty good penetrator. Rocked it today in 2nd gear, and sha-zam, > fluid film shooting out the plug holes. Never been happier to see > such a mess. So I just tapped the starter, and it's cranking hard, > more fluid film shot out. > I'm going to wait until tomorrow, and then put everything back > together, and turn it over for real. Can't wait! > Thanks so much for the help/advice, I'm one step closer. :) > Daniel > > On Aug 1, 9:30 am, McMean <[email protected]> wrote: > > My '84 CB450SC is slowly coming along. Right now, I was hoping to > > hear it start to turn over, but alas, just a clicking sound. > > Some info: > > -Cleaned the tank out, fixed leak, new fuel > > - new battery, charged > > -was missing starter relay, so found one at the wreckers - however, in > > installing it, I have a blue wire with red stripe coming out of the > > harness but nowhere to plug it in to > > - clicking sound coming from crankcase/starter > > - jumping the starter relay produces some nice sparks, but does not > > help engine turn over > > > > So, I'm wondering what you would recommend my next step be. Carb? > > Starter itself? Spark plugs? > > I've found a lot of info on the net but it's all jumbled, would LOVE > > it if greater minds than mine could say, 'Hey, try this order of > > replacement' so I'm not just shooting in the dark. > > > > Thanks for any insight, > > Daniel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
