Scott's Used and Abused GS(X)750

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Spent most of the weekend cleaning, checking and re-building the carbs.
Used an old electric croc pot with vinegar, water and some lemon flavoured cleen green and boiled them for a few hours.
All passages etc seem to be clean. Where do the 3 small holes just behind the butterfly connect to?

Also, what is the float height measurement for the 750, naught came up in a search, or is there a downloadable workshop manual?


Thanks
Scott

There is a selection of manuals on Cliff's website.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/

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A before and after pic for fun!

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I need help, put the carbs back on the bike. I rigged up a temporary suspended fuel tank. Put the new coil in, confirmed spark on all four of the cylinders.
Checked I am getting fuel into the bowls via drain bolts. Sorted out a minor wiring problem to get the starter to crank as well.
Unfortunately she just would not start, one cylinder would kind of start running intermittently. Ran a battery almost flat trying.
Not new to motors, mostly with four wheels or 2 strokes so this is really ****ing me off.

What should I be checking next?
Thanks Scott

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I need help, put the carbs back on the bike. I rigged up a temporary suspended fuel tank. Put the new coil in, confirmed spark on all four of the cylinders.
Checked I am getting fuel into the bowls via drain bolts. Sorted out a minor wiring problem to get the starter to crank as well.
Unfortunately she just would not start, one cylinder would kind of start running intermittently. Ran a battery almost flat trying.
Not new to motors, mostly with four wheels or 2 strokes so this is really ****ing me off.

What should I be checking next?
Thanks Scott

If any fuel is getting into the cylinders. May be blocked jets from the cleaning process. Maybe float hieghts are wrong. Maybe weak sparks.

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Plugs def wet JAG. Can understand 1 carb blocked, but all four?

Thinking about it now, there was spark but how strong it was is the question.
What would contribute to weak spark?

Edit: On these bikes.

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She runs!!!!

[GSX1000E]

YEAH!!! What is the next hurdle to jump over?

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Thanks GSX1000E!

I would say wiring, I am going to put the complete loom on the bench and work through it.

Also need to sort out the brakes and take it out for a bit of road testing.
Oil leak on the starter side of the motor when she runs that needs a look at.

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Can you believe that every bleed nipple has been snapped off with the thread left in the calipers!
Don't have a left hand drill bit or left hand thread self tapper so will have to wait until after Xmas to do some braking.

Looking for a replacement fuel tap, the vacuum tap has been butchered, is there a normal on/off tap from another bike that fits the GS tank?

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I lied, the front left hand bleed nipple is intact

Any recommendations on the fuel tap anybody, please......

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This Ebay seller usually has the best deals on the new replacement petcocks: http://stores.ebay.com/GEORGEFIXS-MO...E-PARTS?_rdc=1

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Thanks GSX1100E.

I would really prefer an on/off/reserve tap for this bike.
All my TZR's have vacuum taps and they can be a PIA sometimes.

Thought somebody here might have matched a tap up from another bike.

Starting to enjoy working on this bike, the project looked intimidating in the beginning but there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel!

[GSX1000E]

Your bike has a lever-less petcock? 1980 model?

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'81 but it is not complete so not sure exactly how it should look.

PO had bypassed it somehow and had an inline tap fitted.

[GSX1000E]

Can you post pictures of where it mounts to the tank and any damage that might have been done that would prevent you from simply installing a new one and worrying about something else instead?