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It's said that confession is good for the soul. If so, this oughta really clean me out.
About 2 weeks ago, I finished a short ride with the decision to pull the spark plugs and perform a compression check. Accomplished the task with no problems. Glass-Bead-blasted the plugs, reset the gaps and reinstalled them all using a drop of anti-seize on the threads. It hasn't cranked and run since. Simply turns over and over with the occasional backfire out the exhaust as it loads up with unburned fuel. Checked the petcock, floatbowls, inline filter, pulled the plugs again and checked for spark, etc. 4 battery charges later, everything checked out fine, except that it wouldn't crank. Today, I finally sat down on the ground beside the bike to stare at the engine with various looks of confusion... lots of 'em.
What began to penetrate my thick head was the arrangement of the plug wires, and the almost illegible number labels on each one. I'd managed to swap both wires on each side of the engine. All four wires went to the wrong plugs. Took 15 seconds to return them to their correct locations and got the stupidest grin on my face when the engine fired right up.
Please.... someone tell me they've done this before.
About 2 weeks ago, I finished a short ride with the decision to pull the spark plugs and perform a compression check. Accomplished the task with no problems. Glass-Bead-blasted the plugs, reset the gaps and reinstalled them all using a drop of anti-seize on the threads. It hasn't cranked and run since. Simply turns over and over with the occasional backfire out the exhaust as it loads up with unburned fuel. Checked the petcock, floatbowls, inline filter, pulled the plugs again and checked for spark, etc. 4 battery charges later, everything checked out fine, except that it wouldn't crank. Today, I finally sat down on the ground beside the bike to stare at the engine with various looks of confusion... lots of 'em.
What began to penetrate my thick head was the arrangement of the plug wires, and the almost illegible number labels on each one. I'd managed to swap both wires on each side of the engine. All four wires went to the wrong plugs. Took 15 seconds to return them to their correct locations and got the stupidest grin on my face when the engine fired right up.
Please.... someone tell me they've done this before.
), so I got two of them backwards in my rush to hear it run. It started fine, but wasn't running on two cylinders again and backfiring, so I swapped the wires as I wasn't sure if I put them back right anyway. Sure enough, I found my problem. Now that thing runs like a small wild animal!!!
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