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my buddy and i just picked up 2 1981 suzuki GS550L's. both identical barn finds. we are planning to make some nice bobbers out of them but we have to get them running first. the bikes are in crabby shape right now and we are trying to piece things together as we go. heres our questions. we cleaned the carbs and petcocks, new fuel line, cleaned fuel tanks, and new vacuum hoses. we have the repair manual so we think were hooking things up correctly. we put everything back together, vacuum nipple on the front of the carb to the to the vacuum nipple on the pet cock. fuel nipple to petcock. and both vent tubes to atmosphere. we have good spark. cranked the bikes and nothing. just a few pops. sprayed with starting fluid and a few more pops but no good starts. i took my carbs off and sprayed with fluid and more pops. we covered the intake with a rag and i plugged the crackcase hose with my finger and she fired and ran on starting fluid. covered intakes and didnt plug the crankcase hose and she wouldnt start. does the crank case hose really need to be connected or plugged for it to run?? does it really need the air filter hooked up to run??
i was planning on using individual carb filters such as the K&N filters so if thats the case where would i run my crank case hose? i cant just block it cuz then oil seals would start to leak correct? please help as we are a little puzzled on this? thanks for all the help!!
my buddy and i just picked up 2 1981 suzuki GS550L's. both identical barn finds. we are planning to make some nice bobbers out of them but we have to get them running first. the bikes are in crabby shape right now and we are trying to piece things together as we go. heres our questions. we cleaned the carbs and petcocks, new fuel line, cleaned fuel tanks, and new vacuum hoses. we have the repair manual so we think were hooking things up correctly. we put everything back together, vacuum nipple on the front of the carb to the to the vacuum nipple on the pet cock. fuel nipple to petcock. and both vent tubes to atmosphere. we have good spark. cranked the bikes and nothing. just a few pops. sprayed with starting fluid and a few more pops but no good starts. i took my carbs off and sprayed with fluid and more pops. we covered the intake with a rag and i plugged the crackcase hose with my finger and she fired and ran on starting fluid. covered intakes and didnt plug the crankcase hose and she wouldnt start. does the crank case hose really need to be connected or plugged for it to run?? does it really need the air filter hooked up to run??
i was planning on using individual carb filters such as the K&N filters so if thats the case where would i run my crank case hose? i cant just block it cuz then oil seals would start to leak correct? please help as we are a little puzzled on this? thanks for all the help!!
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