So Duane came down the week before last and we worked on the bike.
The cams were out of time, so they were removed and reinstalled.
Timing was checked with a light. Coils are brand new, spark plugs are brand new, fuel and petcock also brand new.
But the bike will not start. It cranks over as it should but not even a cough of life.
Starting fluid was greeted with one (yes only one) backfire through the airbox. Now there is no response from the starting fluid.
There is spark across all 4 spark plugs.
The ignition advancer was also removed, inspected, cleaned and reinstalled.
Compression is good across all 4 cylinders as well.
Quoted from Duaneage (from the temporary board):
We checked the timing three times with the valve cover off. The 1-4 mark including the T and F marks were up and the camshafts were right where they should be. 10 plates, 20 pins between the marks. Just like the manual. We had 140+ lbs of compression. FWIW we swapped the coil wire pairs back and forth and no change. Definitely plenty of spark.
I suspect the carbs but incredibly bad weather kept us from trying that the last night I was there. I would use a spare set of carbs known to exist near this bike and try them. I don't think the choke system is working properly on the carbs he has. He can still swap coil wires around if need be
The cams were out of time, so they were removed and reinstalled.
Timing was checked with a light. Coils are brand new, spark plugs are brand new, fuel and petcock also brand new.
But the bike will not start. It cranks over as it should but not even a cough of life.
Starting fluid was greeted with one (yes only one) backfire through the airbox. Now there is no response from the starting fluid.
There is spark across all 4 spark plugs.
The ignition advancer was also removed, inspected, cleaned and reinstalled.
Compression is good across all 4 cylinders as well.
Quoted from Duaneage (from the temporary board):
We checked the timing three times with the valve cover off. The 1-4 mark including the T and F marks were up and the camshafts were right where they should be. 10 plates, 20 pins between the marks. Just like the manual. We had 140+ lbs of compression. FWIW we swapped the coil wire pairs back and forth and no change. Definitely plenty of spark.
I suspect the carbs but incredibly bad weather kept us from trying that the last night I was there. I would use a spare set of carbs known to exist near this bike and try them. I don't think the choke system is working properly on the carbs he has. He can still swap coil wires around if need be
