83 550e help

[chef1366]

The dry plug says you arent' getting gas to that cylinder. Blow out that carb again with carb cleaner. On the airbox side of the carbs put the straw from the carb cleaner in the air jets and make sure it comes out the pilot jet and the main jet.

[gord_s]

The dry plug says you arent' getting gas to that cylinder. Blow out that carb again with carb cleaner. On the airbox side of the carbs put the straw from the carb cleaner in the air jets and make sure it comes out the pilot jet and the main jet.

Thanks, I did that, took just the jets out for # 2 cyl. . Even though I could see light through the pilot air jet I worked on it bit with fine wire, varsol and air.

The bike sounds really sweet now, all four pipes are hot hot. I'm going to do some reading on vacuum sync-ing and do that a bit into the winter. I've just got fork seals and a siezed brake caliper to address and this thing is done.

A big thanks to everyone that added to this thread

[MelodicMetalGod]

Another lesson in carb cleaning. It's amazing how those little jets can bugger up the whole works with just the slightest bit of missed schmutz.

Well done on gettin' that bike a step closer to road worthy!

[gord_s]

Another lesson in carb cleaning. It's amazing how those little jets can bugger up the whole works with just the slightest bit of missed schmutz.

Well done on gettin' that bike a step closer to road worthy!

Thanks and yes I learned my lesson. I was really not wanting to pull the carbs again but glad I stuck with it. Next gunked up carbs I'll know how much time to spend on the jets.

[Steve]

Next set of carbs you work on, figure on most of a week to do the entire job.

First day you clean the rack and disassemble the carbs, dip the first one.
Second day you get the first carb out, dip the second carb, then clean the jets and re-assemble the first carb.
Third day you get the second carb out, dip the third, etc.
Fourth day you get the third carb out, etc.
Fifth day you get the fourth carb out, clean the jets and re-assemble. Now you can re-assemble the rack and do your bench sync. If you are still sane, you can get the carbs back onto the bike, then vacuum sync.

Tips:
- To clean the little holes in the jets, strip back some 12-gauge wire, use one strand of copper to poke through the holes.
- Safety glasses. Spraying carb cleaner into some of the holes will bring spray right back to you.
- Before adjusting float height, make sure both floats are the same height.
- You can test your CV carbs without installing the airbox. Fold a shop rag in half, drape it over the carb inlets. Use tie-wraps to hold the rag to the outer carbs, holding it taut over the inner carbs (yeah, I know you only have two two-barrel carbs). This will even let you go for a ride around the block, but it's not accurate enough for jetting checks.

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