Fuel level tool

[RobertGS]

Still waiting on the new dyna green coils, wires and NGK caps.

Opened up the float bowls and found this crud on #3 float. #1 as you can see was a lot cleaner. 2 and 4 were not great.

So I decided to clean then per the GS forum process. Taken apart, dipped and spayed and new O rings from Mr. Barr. The intake boot O-rings were looking very flat and shrivelled.

AZR's suggestion of using the Brass choke cable nut for the fuel level tool worked well. What I found interesting was that the float heights didn't seem to match up with the fuel levels measured. Note I measured the fuel levels with the bike not running which I know is not per the manual.
Anyway I'm wondering if folks think crud like this on the floats might affect the boyancy (sp?) of the floats.

Carbs are back together, bench synced, floats all at 24mm now, float needles and seats looked ok, springs seemed strong. Waiting for float bowl gaskets along with the coils/wires to get it all buttoned up. Since I have the cam cover off I confirmed the cam chain timing is ok. Hopefully parts arrive today or tomorrow and I can put it back together, sync the carbs with a sync tool, and see if it runs better.

Oh, old coils checked out ok resistance wise, but two of the 4 plug caps were 10K Ohm (cylinders 2 and 3)and two 5K Ohm. I'm thinking maybe this was a bit of a problem too.

[RobertGS]

So far so good. (sorry for no pictures. Gotta remember to do that).

Dyna green coils in. Nice red HT wires and new caps.

Had to order Susuki bowl gaskets when the ones ordered from Z1 didn't fit. They were too large. Snow city cycle in Toronto got them in 2 days. Great place.

Got it all buttoned up, Carbs balanced timing checked (Dyna S)

A few drops of gas from carb 3 and/or 4 after filling them with gas. slightly tightened the float bowl screws that I could reach and not a drop since.

She's running pretty good. Much smoother idle, more power, a lot less "popping" which was fairly constant before. There is still some popping on strong deceleration. Just had my first ride so we'll see. The idle crept up to just under 2000 after it was warm.. I haven't adjusted air/fuel yet. Set them all at 3/4 out for fuel and 1 and half out for air. So I'll check the plugs when I get home from work and this weekend read up on the highest idle method and see if that further improves the running and keeps the idle from creeping up??

So fingers crossed I'm headed towards just tweeting things.

I'm paranoid about oil level since I think I had gas in the oil before all this work on it (I"m not entirely positive). So I'm imagining that the level went up after the ride... Just nerves I think. I"ll feel better after getting it in the garage tonight on the same spot and checking the level.

[chuck hahn]

Made mine out of an old drain plug. Drilled a hole down the center and then used the bench grinder to grind it down till it fit inside some fish tank air hose.