Thank you all so much for your replies! What a great online community of support!
So clearly by the image below, it's an 83. Thanks for that. Good eye on the kill switch and shaft drive, also proves it's surely not an 82. <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-KqM-kRaEmGU/U-w2yNC3KOI/AAAAAAAAAVs/0lIyYHlxLF8/s1600/SAM_0125.JPG> But that means there has been some tampering with the wiring as seen in the next image. Positive post is on the right side! Don't mind the old breather tube from the old battery is still attached. I may run the new breather tube inside the old for a few inches if I can (the old breather tube is loose at connecting end). That is the new Yuasa YB12A-A battery you are looking at. I just filled it with acid yesterday, so no on the dry battery, at least not till my next one. But it worked great for starting this afternoon. I threw on the choke and she fired up right away! I honestly think that the battery was the majority of the starting issue. <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eJuRlwKGYt8/U-w3yHxXg_I/AAAAAAAAAV0/60hYRD2m_g0/s1600/SAM_0133.JPG> As for the choke adjustment, it looks like it is already adjusted all the way to the bottom of that silver end on the cable. The screw is also really stripped, but I'm sure I can get it with the right size phillips. I will try in 17 hours after I sleep and work. Let's see how she starts in the morning! Note to *kiwinPA's last message*, I think it is getting full suction, you can see in the below pic that there is no air bubble in the fuel line clear at the back. <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yk5sTm3EwXM/U-w471Eq30I/AAAAAAAAAV8/5NU-msaaeTY/s1600/SAM_0130.JPG> As for the petcock, the leak is small, only dripping on the ground about half of the times I park it. I've never even seen a drip fall, just close to it when the fuel bunches up at the lowest point. I will try out the advice given when starting cold. And I will always think as if I'm invisible to other drivers! Thanks again to you all for your help. I hope you enjoyed/appreciated my photo feedback! It's something I'll probably always do whenever I post. -Arlen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
