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She came out to the garage and said “let’s go for a ride”
Then noticed the windshield, tank, seat, front fender
And various other parts scattered around the garage
From my 99 nomad she asked “what happened what’s wrong with the bike “I told her nothing I was just putting on some new cable covers and adding a few led’s
So starts my 1980 gs850glt project
The po wanted to turn it into a bobber but gave up
It had been sitting outside for a pretty long time
Was leaking a lot of oil could tell where some of the oil was coming from by where there was more grass clippings stuck but the tires looked like they were not very old and it started and kind of ran a little and had a title. So I bought it. After we get it in the truck he brings out the box with the rest of the parts he had taken off. It also had a Clymer manual, new valve cover gasket, valve shims and a dyna s (ds3-2) ignition still in the box
Get it home and give it a good bath took off the tank gas looked and smelled fresh but drained it anyways (found out the tank was already coated)
Then drained about 2 more gallons from the crank case
Was thinking oh crap going to have to re build the engine plugs didn’t look bad so just threw in some cheap car oil ran it for a couple of minutes Did a compression test
The next day engine cold 96 95 99 90 its below specs min 100 but I think (hope) once I get it running good add a little sea foam then change the oil it should meet specks
Wet test they were all good 160-180
This is my first real project bike and I’m worried that it’s going to be a money pit it still barley runs. touch the throttle and it dies can’t even keep it going for more than a few minutes leaks oil all over the place and still don’t know if the clutch or drive train is ok
So I forgo doing things the right way and just see what I can do without spending much money
I pull the carbs they look pretty clean and look like they have new floats carb holder boot are also new
2 of Cv pistons were sticking so I cleaned them and sprayed all the passages with carb cleaner
The diaphragm & screen in the petcock looked like it may be new but there was some varnish so I cleaned it up
Checked the valves but only with the .008mm need to buy a new feeler gauge that goes to .003
Threw it back together started fine don’t even need to choke it still idles a little rough and have to feather the gas real slow to get the revs up
Went to check the timing a couple of days later and noticed the oil level was higher so the petcock was still leaking
Went to the dealer $95 bucks for a new petcock and they don’t sell a rebuild kit but they did give me a o ring from the generic o ring box witch seems to be working (had the tank off the bike with gas in it for a day and nothing leaked out) put a inline valve in though just in case changed the oil (rotella 15 40 ) and filter & new crush washer witch fixed one of the oil leaks
Decided to go for it I ordered new boots for the air box and an o ring kit for the carbs
I want to keep the total cost under $800 already spent $400 so I need to watch how and where I spend my money
Might be a ridiculously long post but I figure the more information I give the better
Now to the questions
The petcock Even though its working now is a generic o ring doomed to fail?
Is it worth it to sync the carbs or try to get the bike running better before I dip the carbs
The mufflers have an oil leak 
read that there is a bolt that runs through the exhaust port that can leak oil right into the exhaust couldn’t figure out what to get from the parts fish is it something I need to order or is it just an o ring that I could pick up from the hardware store
The dana s ignition heard you don’t use the igniter with it how does it get hooked up ?
I downloaded the directions and it seemed like it was supposed to be hooked up to the igniter
bike has new dyna 3 ohm coils
thanks
Then noticed the windshield, tank, seat, front fender
And various other parts scattered around the garage
From my 99 nomad she asked “what happened what’s wrong with the bike “I told her nothing I was just putting on some new cable covers and adding a few led’s
So starts my 1980 gs850glt project
The po wanted to turn it into a bobber but gave up
It had been sitting outside for a pretty long time
Was leaking a lot of oil could tell where some of the oil was coming from by where there was more grass clippings stuck but the tires looked like they were not very old and it started and kind of ran a little and had a title. So I bought it. After we get it in the truck he brings out the box with the rest of the parts he had taken off. It also had a Clymer manual, new valve cover gasket, valve shims and a dyna s (ds3-2) ignition still in the box
Get it home and give it a good bath took off the tank gas looked and smelled fresh but drained it anyways (found out the tank was already coated)
Then drained about 2 more gallons from the crank case
Was thinking oh crap going to have to re build the engine plugs didn’t look bad so just threw in some cheap car oil ran it for a couple of minutes Did a compression test
The next day engine cold 96 95 99 90 its below specs min 100 but I think (hope) once I get it running good add a little sea foam then change the oil it should meet specks
Wet test they were all good 160-180
This is my first real project bike and I’m worried that it’s going to be a money pit it still barley runs. touch the throttle and it dies can’t even keep it going for more than a few minutes leaks oil all over the place and still don’t know if the clutch or drive train is ok
So I forgo doing things the right way and just see what I can do without spending much money
I pull the carbs they look pretty clean and look like they have new floats carb holder boot are also new
2 of Cv pistons were sticking so I cleaned them and sprayed all the passages with carb cleaner
The diaphragm & screen in the petcock looked like it may be new but there was some varnish so I cleaned it up
Checked the valves but only with the .008mm need to buy a new feeler gauge that goes to .003
Threw it back together started fine don’t even need to choke it still idles a little rough and have to feather the gas real slow to get the revs up
Went to check the timing a couple of days later and noticed the oil level was higher so the petcock was still leaking
Went to the dealer $95 bucks for a new petcock and they don’t sell a rebuild kit but they did give me a o ring from the generic o ring box witch seems to be working (had the tank off the bike with gas in it for a day and nothing leaked out) put a inline valve in though just in case changed the oil (rotella 15 40 ) and filter & new crush washer witch fixed one of the oil leaks
Decided to go for it I ordered new boots for the air box and an o ring kit for the carbs
I want to keep the total cost under $800 already spent $400 so I need to watch how and where I spend my money
Might be a ridiculously long post but I figure the more information I give the better
Now to the questions
The petcock Even though its working now is a generic o ring doomed to fail?
Is it worth it to sync the carbs or try to get the bike running better before I dip the carbs
The mufflers have an oil leak
read that there is a bolt that runs through the exhaust port that can leak oil right into the exhaust couldn’t figure out what to get from the parts fish is it something I need to order or is it just an o ring that I could pick up from the hardware store
The dana s ignition heard you don’t use the igniter with it how does it get hooked up ?
I downloaded the directions and it seemed like it was supposed to be hooked up to the igniter
bike has new dyna 3 ohm coils
thanks
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