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    Fuel bowls leaking 79 gs750

    I took the carbs Into work tore them down, media blasted them, dyed them, and reassembled them. The bike had a good idle, terrible mid throttle, and would stall under wide open.So I moved the c clip on the needle in the throttle bore down a notch and and seemed to help a ton. As far as jets are it's stock jetting. Bike fired up first kick and idled well however I noticed a fuel smell and it looked a little rich out the exhaust, fuel was pouring out of the mating surface between the bowl and bottom of the carb(almost as if there was no gasket).So I phoned a friend and he suggested to adjust the floats but I'm unsure how and also confused as to why it's leaking a ton of fuel from the mating surface. Any help would be greatly appreciated

    #2
    Go back to your original posting, click on the link to BassCliff's site and follow the VM carb cleaning tutorial

    Floats? you bend the little tab to achieve the correct height, What did you measure the float height with?
    1978 GS 1000 (since new)
    1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
    1978 GS 1000 (parts)
    1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
    1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
    1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
    2007 DRz 400S
    1999 ATK 490ES
    1994 DR 350SES

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      #3
      you "DYED" the carbs? how, and what with??????
      1978 GS1085.

      Just remember, an opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!

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        #4
        The fuel shouldn't be anywhere near the height of the gasket no matter where the floats are set. Something isn't working right in there.

        Dyed?
        http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

        Life is too short to ride an L.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Big T View Post
          Go back to your original posting, click on the link to BassCliff's site and follow the VM carb cleaning tutorial

          Floats? you bend the little tab to achieve the correct height, What did you measure the float height with?
          I didn't touch or measure the float height
          And if they weren't clean from being in our hot tank , no amount of berrymans will do it
          Carbs were apart at one point before so they weren't too bad Inside
          Last edited by Guest; 04-16-2014, 02:06 PM.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Agemax View Post
            you "DYED" the carbs? how, and what with??????
            The same dye that holley uses on their main body's.

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              #7
              Originally posted by starkophile View Post
              The same dye that holley uses on their main body's.
              for what purpose?
              1978 GS1085.

              Just remember, an opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!

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                #8
                Originally posted by Agemax View Post
                for what purpose?
                For the purpose of aesthetics

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                  #9
                  got any more info, any pics?
                  1978 GS1085.

                  Just remember, an opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Agemax View Post
                    got any more info, any pics?
                    Info as in?

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                      #11
                      what dye is it, how did you dye them, what they look like now??
                      1978 GS1085.

                      Just remember, an opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!

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                        #12
                        Pics !
                        http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

                        Life is too short to ride an L.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by starkophile View Post
                          I didn't touch or measure the float height
                          And if they weren't clean from being in our hot tank , no amount of berrymans will do it
                          Carbs were apart at one point before so they weren't too bad Inside
                          Well, you're careening down the track of assumption, which is how the Top 10 Newbie Mistakes post came to be.

                          Do you verify the passages by squirting some carb cleaner down them?

                          Did you completely disassemble them prior to hot tanking?

                          Did you replace the O rings?

                          Did you read the carb tutorial?

                          You can't clean a carb and put it back together to the wrong spec with a clogged passage and 30 year old O rings and expect it to work right

                          Were the carbs working before?

                          Did the bike sit for a long time?
                          1978 GS 1000 (since new)
                          1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
                          1978 GS 1000 (parts)
                          1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
                          1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
                          1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
                          2007 DRz 400S
                          1999 ATK 490ES
                          1994 DR 350SES

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