I have not been able to pull the plugs while it has been dead, since it dies out on the road away from tools, and generally when I need to be...
The electrical system seems to keep working. The starter motor cranks fine. There is no hint of the engine catching, though.
I wondered about a fuel issue, but I was able to check the floats just after it died, and would not restart, and they were full. When my fuel...
After considerable effort, the carbs on my '86 VFR750 are re-gasketed, leak-free, clean, installed on new boots, and in perfect working order....
I think the leak may have started when the carbs were dry, but they have been wet long enough now that I think the odds of spontaneous recovery...
In the bright light of the SoCal noon sun, the leak, which is now very very slow, seems to be from one end of one of the fuel tees. That, if I...
I pulled the carbs (again), jumped the fuel pump, and looked for leaks. It stopped leaking. And then I ran out of light. I will try again...
I'll try that. Do you know which wires I jump? The carbs have never been apart, in all their 26 years. I hope to leave the fab four intact forever.
The fuel tees seem tight. The bike has not been dropped. I guess I need to pull the carbs again and see if I can find the course. Is there an...
I tried blowing, and the needles seal nicely. I even tested moving the floats, and each one let the air in, and then resealed perfectly. They...
I appreciate the offer, but Sac is a long way from San Diego, especially as work and children limit my mobility. Not sure what my next step...
I would, if he moved close enough for me to push the bike to his house.
Is there anything that could hang up the float needle that I would not be able to detect? The floats all pivot nicely, the needles go up and down...
I would have to make a lot of stops to fill the tank, and extinguish the flames. Still, it is a nice ride up the coast.
Several hundred miles. Then it also developed another problem, where, twice, at almost exactly the same point five miles into a trip, it died,...
I have had repeated trouble with the carbs on my '86 VFR750, including, intermittently, gas overflowing from the overflow tubes. This cannot be...
Thanks for all the tips. The one part I did not clean when I had the carbs apart was the seat for the float needles. If I have to pull the carbs...
I have taken the airbox frame off the carbs. The first time, when I cleaned them. It also allowed me to do the choke cable after the carbs were...
Actually, on reflection, perhaps those lines are vents, not overflow, which would make more sense, and perhaps also explain why they are not...
We with carbs off, and upside down, it seems that the gushing gas was from the overflow collecting tee. My guess now is that the float was...
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