As expected the fuel leak was a fuel tube joint. This one particular at the joint where the rear right carb meets the crossover tube from the...
Late to the party, but colddevil - if you’re having trouble sourcing something and don’t want to replace the entire carb, I can have a go at...
Glad to say the fuel leakage issue didn’t rear its head this weekend. Got 350 miles of windy mountain and farm roads in from Saturday noon to...
Battery/starter terminals were reversed so had to finesse the wiring a bit, but all wrapped up - electrics work, starter fires. Sent from my...
And of course I go to run it with the tank and airbox off to figure out where exactly it’s leaking from and nothing shows. Little pisser…....
Nice tip - I’ll look into it when I’ve got the carbs off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yes - float bowl o rings were replaced and badly needed it. All sorts of nasty stuff gummed up in them. (Edit: photo of #1 carb bowl in post #59)...
Aaaand we’re back online. Big thanks to Jim who set me up with his radiator guy in TX - no-nonsense kind of dude that looks like he did great...
Make an offer, if no attention in a week it’ll get chucked. Figure I’d rather offer it up to someone who could use it. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
Kill it with fire. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
[MEDIA] Welllllll that’s a bummer. How do we feel about patching radiators? Solder? Brazing? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Good news is it’s running like a champ. Turned some heads with the smoking collector from the paint baking off. Much quieter - one mildly clacky...
Aaaand it was a float. Bone dry now. Let’s see how she rides -Ed 1972 CL350 1985 VF700F
Only happening when using the fuel pump… running the carbs directly off of a reserve tank and there’s no drips… It seems like there might be some...
Something must have happened when I had the carbs out - bike started up after some heavy cranking and I’ve got quite the fuel leak: [IMG] [IMG]...
Anyway - everything came together. Hardest part was getting the carbs back in again. Filled up with Mobil-1 4T full synthetic, reinstalled the...
Such an odd little tool: [IMG] -Ed 1972 CL350 1985 VF700F
Next up is figuring out why the throttle sticks when the bars are hard to the right. Going to look through the manual but let me know if anything...
Oil mod is done. Toughest part was finding a 1-1/8” socket for the adapter. Wound up using a 29mm axle socket from the mechanic next door. [IMG]...
Hindsight being 20/20, this would have been 100x easier if I had done the David dodge work before putting the exhaust back on. Word to the wise....
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