Any chance you've got the coil &/or plug wires reversed on those two cylinders?
On Jul 26, 2012, at 21:29 PM, Graham Rogers wrote: > I was afraid someone would send me back to the carbs! Graham > > On Jul 26, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Allen Thomas wrote: > >> Floats stuck open? Did you put them in the right direction? Did you set the >> fuel screws to a common value between all carbs. Sometimes people turn out >> the screws to compensate for clogged jets. Stuck enrichening plungers? Try >> starting it with the throttle opened to dry it out. >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Graham Rogers <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected] >> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:14:58 >> To: Nighthawk Lovers<[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] CB550SC Nighthawk flooding >> >> Here's one that's got me scratching my head. I just started work on a 550 >> Nighthawk. I cleaned the carbs before trying to run it although the PO had >> it running and I was there with him. Now with the carbs back on it runs on >> 1 and 4 but #'s 2 & 3 are just flooding. The gas is going straight out the >> mufflers. Seems to have good spark on all 4. The carbs were relatively >> clean before I cleaned them. Compression is excellent. Bike has only done >> 11k miles. I have the tank off and am running it through a funnel and hose >> so it can't be the pet cock. Any suggestions? Graham >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
