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ed spangler wrote: Welcome from East Tennessee!
From your avatar, I take it you are either in the USMC or a Veteran, either way, Thank You for your service!
You will find a lot of good information on here!
Ed
Yes sir, did 5 years in the Marines, was stationed at camp pendleton, CA for my last duty station. Definitely miss riding out there!
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CoxUSMC wrote: Put the carbs back on today and I guess one of my floats was still stuck, now there is a big puddle on gas under the bike and I broke the petcock lever in the process! I really don't want to have to check the valves so i guess I'll get a compression test while I'm looking for a new petcock and waiting on a new ignition...
A valve adjustment is part of a tune up before going to the carbs. If run too tight, burned valves and a poor running bike will be the result.
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CoxUSMC wrote: Put the carbs back on today and I guess one of my floats was still stuck, now there is a big puddle on gas under the bike and I broke the petcock lever in the process! I really don't want to have to check the valves so i guess I'll get a compression test while I'm looking for a new petcock and waiting on a new ignition...
The gas puddle may result from a float valve malfunction which is allowing excess fuel to escape through the carb overflow circuit.
While the engine is idling (with gasoline escaping through the overflow), sometimes it helps stop the overflowing gasoline by rapping sharply and repeatedly against the carb float bowl with a plastic hammer or plastic screwdriver handle.
A compression test won't reveal a too tight valve that's barely sealing when cold but which will leak at ordinary engine operating temperature. As known, valve leakage while running may result in burned valves and seats.
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