Re: Popping (Backfires?) out of carbs.....Final Tuning Probl Wow, the carburetor in a glory of detail! I've always examined it from the outside...
Re: Popping (Backfires?) out of carbs.....Final Tuning Probl Ahh! Now that I know it's a too lean condition that helps out. Does the pilot...
Re: Popping (Backfires?) out of carbs.....Final Tuning Probl I re-jetted (fuel) to 116 for mains and 42 for pilots. I did not know that you might...
I am in the last leg of this race, or so I think! I am doing the final vacuum sync and colortune mixture adjustments, but am having problems. I've...
Great news, I have my XJ firing on all cylinders! Here's my previous thread. I wet set the float heights and found #2 too high AND #1 too...
I continued the thread here because I'm ready for fine tuning the XJ.
Nicely said manbot. Information like that is gold to me. I feel like I'm banging my way around this motorcycle trying to fix it, but it's just...
I see what you're saying with the float level now. I had it in my head that the float doesn't affect things that much. I will talk to chacal and...
I did not wet set my floats, I opted to dry set them because my float bowl screws are stripped. I keep looking at them wondering if it's causing...
You're assumption was correct...I am guilty of pulling the plug cap off the spark plug while the engine is running on numerous occasions... I...
Ok, I'll retest the compression doing it the RIGHT way! :oops: I'm running 116 on my main fuel jets and 41 on my pilot jets.
Thanks for the good advice! When adjusting the pilot mixture screws I was not as careful as you recommend. I was adjusting half turns to full...
Ok, I now realize that indeed I do not have a weak spark on #2 cylinder. I thought the absence of the "glow" in my colortune plug was an absence...
