Update on the update. Carbs are going in. The throttle and chicks cables were a ^#+%= to get hooked up, but they're in. How in the hell do you...
Update: got the carbs back today. Any tips on reinstalling them? The shop that has my tank sounded VERY confident they'd have my tank in great...
Their advertised rate is also lower... but the tech at Fay said he's experienced with the type.
Shit... shoulda asked or done some sort of research to find a cheaper way to get this done before I ok'ed them to order the parts...
They told me they'd be ordering pins, seats, floats, o-rings... and one other thing I'm not remembering at the moment, and besides the general...
Update: Fay Meyers is really twistin' my balls with the carbs... I don't even want to know anymore how much that is going to cost me. However I...
Considering the odd construction... Any good sealer may just fill in those odd recesses in the lower part... You might lose a bit of volume. But...
Well the shop has to order needles, seats, o rings and floats... And the gas tank is rusted too thin in places for them to be able to clean and...
That's ok. I appreciate the offer, but it really stopped being fun there for a while to work on it, so I think this was the best path... when I...
UPDATE: Got so ticked off at trying to get this in-line filter crap set up, as well as my inability to get the carbs working (my first attempt...
Battery is BRAND new... sitting on a trickle charger after I attempt any starting... I cleaned out the tank as best I could. The fuel coming...
Well, I went thru most the whole damn thing, it's cranking just fine, fuel flows OK, just won't catch... arrgh
On the other end, at the carb it needs to be plugged.
The filter I was going to use before the 'y' was pretty big on the inlet and outlet sides... I was confident with the flow, but the fittment was...
Those look good... hopefully I can source something out locally...
I already chopped up the 's' curved piece of line trying to get a filter in line right out of the tank... but I can't get the DAMN thing to fit...
So did you end up doing the filters in-line after the 'y'? I'm in the same spot, needing an in-line setup.
[ATTACH] What is the downward turned tube next to the left carb for?
A friend of mine suggested large BB's for this procedure... Cheap to grab a small bucket at wal-mart
I've began to delve in to the bike. Any input appreciated :) http://vfrworld.com/forums/mechanics-garage/31323-86-vf500-need-empty-tank-100-a.html
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