Sounds like vacuum leak On Monday, February 15, 2016, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> I did a bonehead and forgot to install the slide springs once, and it just > made the bike not want to rev up. I'd say you have an air leak, but maybe > float bowl fuel level? Have you lubricated the cables? What do the plugs > say? > > Allen Thomas > On Feb 15, 2016 8:14 PM, "EGrider" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> I'm trying to get some bikes ready for craigslist when the weather warms >> up. I've got one that started with some starter fluid and 6 attempts or so. >> It started and died a few times after the starter fluid wore off, but then >> it started and went up to 5K or so. I turned down the idle screw on the >> carbs and it idled lower until it went up high again. Turned down the choke >> at that point. Since the choke worked as an accelerator of sorts, it told >> me that the choke ports are clean and working. After it warmed up, it would >> idle at a sensible 1.5K, which gave me the impression that I had the idle >> jets clean enough (I've torn these carbs apart more than once.) >> >> So I rode it up and down the street a time or two, and the RPMs just >> seemed to keep climbing.Stopped to turn down the idle screw again. By the >> time I got it back to the garage it was at 1.5K. Made me relax. Then, for >> no reason, it just zoomed up to 2K. >> >> What would make a set of carbs just make the engine rev higher and lower >> by itself, with no input from me at all? >> >> Wondering if it was the carbs being out of sync, I put the manometer on >> it and found that #4 is weak and #3 is strong (1 and 2 pretty close >> together), but there's not much I can do about it due to the horrible >> inaccessibility of the adjustment screws (V30). Pretty much have to pull >> them off, turn the screws, put them back on, and check again. Not fun, but >> I would do it. >> >> Any point to that? Once they're clean and synched, I don't know what else >> there is. I should mention that I put new boots on the carbs, too, so I >> don't think it's leaky boots leaning the mixture, but I should do the >> starter fluid test anyway. >> >> Any thoughts? Sticky vacuum slides maybe? >> >> >> >> -- >> 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] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]');> >> . >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
