It was running fine for about 20 min. Went for a little ride got home and it would not idle. Found the prob had a stuck plunger and a vacuum leak. All fixed now, just waiting for this new snow to melt to get back on 2 wheels!
On Mar 22, 2:21 pm, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > BTW how did you sync the carbs if it won't idle when warm? > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:23:53 > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Weak spark > > Thanks JO > > I replaced the wires and got it to start and was able to sync the > carbs, now it won't idle when it gets warm. > > Jeff > > On Mar 16, 9:36 pm, James O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jeff, > > > I would check the pilot idle screws on the carbs. I think I started mine > > 3.5 turns out (can't remember exactly). It made a HUGE difference in how > > difficult it was to start. As for spark - sounds like the only part you > > haven't checked/replaced is the plug wires. you may be getting crossfire or > > too much resistance. You could also have too much resistance from the plug > > gap being too large. A gap too small will fire a little too early, so check > > that as well. > > > If the motor ran before the carb cleaning, I would say that is the culprit. > > Once you get it started, do a carb sync (search the forum or elsewhere > > online). > > > Let us know what you find out. > > > - JO > > > On Mar 16, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Jeff wrote: > > > > I have an 83 650 sc, motor locked up so i picked up a 85 motor with > > > 20k on it put it in and it started right up and ran great! Now it > > > won't start so I cleaned the carbs, tested the coils, put in new plugs > > > and tested the pulse gen and everything checs out but I still have > > > weak spark and it won't start. Although it does fire once and while. > > > HELP. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.-Hide quoted text > > > - > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
