'79 GS550--battery shot?

[koolaid_kid]

A blue spark is a hot spark. If it were red or yellow I would agree.
I would have no issue with using a small amount of starting fluid once.

[barnbiketom]

i'm really curious to see what happens here .

it's disturbing to me i can't be there hahahaha.. on my day off too!!!

[tbrand69]

this is true. I'm just saying I'd do the jump thing first, then shoot starting fluid second.

In five minutes I'd know if either was the issue......

A blue spark is a hot spark. If it were red or yellow I would agree.
I would have no issue with using a small amount of starting fluid once.

Okay then, here's the plan: do the easy sh!t first.

1) Check drain screws on all carbs to see if the bowls are filling

2) Jump the bike with my car (I assume I leave the car in the OFF position while I jump it?)

3) Try some starter fluid in the airbox

4) Try a jump with starter fluid if 2 and 3 don't work (I like thoroughness)

If that doesn't pan out, then I will pull the carbs off and crack the bowls open. Maybe some gunk got stuck stuck in there when I ran it a few weeks ago.

[barnbiketom]

if it doesn't start right up don't crank it for 10 minutes lol..


that said good luck and let us know!!

[tbrand69]

if it doesn't start right up don't crank it for 10 minutes lol..


that said good luck and let us know!!

Lol, of course not. I'm just gonna hit it for a few seconds at a time.

[tbrand69]

Got it

Okay, so I got the bike running. Here's the thing: it was none of those things that we talked about earlier.

Quick, what you see?



If you guessed "The carburetor openings have slipped half way out of their boots," then you win the prize!

Ironically, if I hadn't sprayed a bunch of starter fluid into the top of #1 carb, and subsequently figured out why it was leaking all over the place, I probably would have over looked the carb boots for another week.

Sometimes I feel like an idiot. Then incidents like this occur and prove me right. Oh well, live and learn.

So she runs now, which is good. I wanna say she's on the lean side because she won't run without the choke part way on, and any throttle given after she's warmed up kills her. So looks like it's time to play with some screws.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

[mrbill5491]

D'OH D'OH How the heck did they slip off like that??

[Steve]

Quick, what you see?



If you guessed "The carburetor openings have slipped half way out of their boots," then you win the prize!

There needs to be a different prize.

Those carb have not slipped "half way out of their boots", they are ALL the way out.

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[tbrand69]

D'OH D'OH How the heck did they slip off like that??

i think it happened when I was repairing the air box. One of the two bolts that attach it to the frame on top snapped off in the hole. I had to drill it out and retap the threads. I was moving the box around quite a bit because I was too lazy to take it all apart and remove it.

Oh well, at least I fixed it. That's all that matters to me.

[SqDancerLynn1]

You learned something at least.

[cowboyup3371]

You might consider replacing your clamps for insurance sakes