No need to make any videos, just make a personal apperance.
Carl will be at my place, with his bike, Thursday, March 6, until Sunday, March 9.
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Hey ...what time am I arriving again ..?
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'83 GS850 GL Air Box Hoses
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Hey ...what time am I arriving again ..?
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Steve
GS Whisperer
I was under the impression that it was some time on Thursday.Hey ...what time am I arriving again ..?
You were also wanting to avoid Chicago "rush" hour, so would be leaving before "o-dark-hundred" and getting here early afternoon.
At that rate, you might be able to leave on Saturday.
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Right On
Right On
Yep - That's the plan -- Arrive ASAP Thursday to get started --
Right On
I was under the impression that it was some time on Thursday.
You were also wanting to avoid Chicago "rush" hour, so would be leaving before "o-dark-hundred" and getting here early afternoon.
At that rate, you might be able to leave on Saturday.
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Yep - That's the plan -- Arrive ASAP Thursday to get started --
Carb's cleaned ! The results --
Carb's cleaned ! The results --
Just thought I would share a few pictures that show the fruits of my labors these past few days.
(The ultrasonic cleaner is the best $$ I have spent in the past year on tools)
Before & After Pictures --
Finished Carb rack ready for re-installation -
Carb's cleaned ! The results --
Just thought I would share a few pictures that show the fruits of my labors these past few days.
(The ultrasonic cleaner is the best $$ I have spent in the past year on tools)
Before & After Pictures --
Finished Carb rack ready for re-installation -
It will run better soooner or later ...
It will run better soooner or later ...
...What...
Not shiny enough...?
Function over form is my creed - New hose would be nice , but I used what I had ...vent hose is no big deal...fuel line seemed OKAY ..and the vacuum line is a size I had none of ...
I CAN promise you this...the internals are clean. the floats are set properly, and the O-rings are all new (I just hope it doesn't leak and make a liar outta me)
What I DID find during this process gives me some comfort in the knowing WHY the bike started so hard and ran poorly . The airbox hoses we see are a mess, and they were all loose as were some of the fasteners on the carb rack itself. The floats were all set wrong (but the same - so I think the person did not know the proper way to measure float heights) and the idle mixture adjustments screws were all over the place - trying to compensate for air leaks would be my bet. :-k
Now -
All floats set properly
All idle mixture screws set at 2-1/2 turns out awaiting first start up and tuning
All carbs are bench synched and operate properly.
Idle speed adjustment screw is set at previous setting from before cleaning.
Vacuum slides are cleaned as are all jets - a process including manual poking of wire through the holes (although the internals were pretty good)
The various oil leaks are what caused the carbs and bike to look tired and used hard. Those will be cleaned up during the weekend I am at Steve's for garage weekend -
The speedo and tach need some lovin' as one of them was squealing pretty bad during a test ride I (speedo I think) . But lubing the cables and the head units should help that I hope.
I have a luggage rack waiting to added, engine case guards, a different windscreen, and hard saddlebags going on. My idea is to make it a cool unique retro bagger for commuting.
It will run better soooner or later ...
Don't worry, Dale. By the time he leaves my place, the carbs won't look like that any more, and it will have at least a new piece of fuel hose.
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...What...
Not shiny enough...?
Function over form is my creed - New hose would be nice , but I used what I had ...vent hose is no big deal...fuel line seemed OKAY ..and the vacuum line is a size I had none of ...
I CAN promise you this...the internals are clean. the floats are set properly, and the O-rings are all new (I just hope it doesn't leak and make a liar outta me)
What I DID find during this process gives me some comfort in the knowing WHY the bike started so hard and ran poorly . The airbox hoses we see are a mess, and they were all loose as were some of the fasteners on the carb rack itself. The floats were all set wrong (but the same - so I think the person did not know the proper way to measure float heights) and the idle mixture adjustments screws were all over the place - trying to compensate for air leaks would be my bet. :-k
Now -
All floats set properly
All idle mixture screws set at 2-1/2 turns out awaiting first start up and tuning
All carbs are bench synched and operate properly.
Idle speed adjustment screw is set at previous setting from before cleaning.
Vacuum slides are cleaned as are all jets - a process including manual poking of wire through the holes (although the internals were pretty good)
The various oil leaks are what caused the carbs and bike to look tired and used hard. Those will be cleaned up during the weekend I am at Steve's for garage weekend -
The speedo and tach need some lovin' as one of them was squealing pretty bad during a test ride I (speedo I think) . But lubing the cables and the head units should help that I hope.
I have a luggage rack waiting to added, engine case guards, a different windscreen, and hard saddlebags going on. My idea is to make it a cool unique retro bagger for commuting.
Steve
GS Whisperer
Heck NO....What...
Not shiny enough...?
They are going to go from this:
to something like this:
Sounds a bit like my son's "Rat Bagger". :-kMy idea is to make it a cool unique retro bagger for commuting.
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Water and Simple Green -- About 2 Qts of water and 1 cup of Simple Green works really well...
Then I RINSE the parts off in a cold water bath when out of the solution - and blow them dry with compressed air.
The carb dip (Berrymans) works great if you have time to wait while it does its' thing - but it MAY also discolor some of the raw aluminum (carb bodies) and the Simple Green does not....