The filter would need to be changed regardless. Hard to do without draining the oil first.
I followed the book, the cams should be ground so that they will have the same clearance either way. Notice the drawing matches the description of...
The sight window should be at least at 1/2 but better to be full with just a bubble at the top if level on the center stand. Point is you cannot...
58K miles and who knows when the last shim job was done. If the shim gap becomes nonexistant, the valves can be held open, not a good thing. Be...
You can try using the same valve cover gasket and donuts and see if there is any oil leakage. If there is leakage from the gasket you can try...
Come back when you acquire another bike.
Looks like that would be a good 3D print project.
Check the manual for suggested tire pressures, front and back, for your load weight.
Test response.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BPC5HSXH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 @Secacsm89 This thing is great for bleeding!
A good metric Cresent wrench is must have in the left hand model.
It is on my calendar.
They look like dowel pins.
You guys should be having a private conversation, I would think.
Get yourself a micrometer or borrow one so you can actually measure the intake shims for cyl. 3 and 4 before making any decisions. Also it is...
Yesterday I started up the X, finding one carb must have a stuck float as gas ended up on my driveway. Took a trip up to Lake Ontario, crossed the...
Connect a car battery to your battery and see how the bike reacts.
You shouldn't need to deal with that at all.
You just don't see those on the road around here. Most are either modern hot rod metrics or Harley style bikes.
Now get some vacuum gauges or make a manometer and fine tune all your butterflies.
Did you typo for RPM? Should be @ 3500 rpm with enrichment.
You had the petcock vacuum line attached to the carb boot and not attached to a petcock or not plugged?
Thank.
If I were to print one (I don't have a printer though) I would make it in two parts (upper/lower) so I could adjust the upper section up or down...
Hey Tony, will you ride that to the next carb clinic? What was the model of the windscreen (MRA), didn't quite make it out? Looks sturdy, are they...
Owww, why do people do this to these bikes?
Disconnect line from petcock and attach a longer one to run to a container. Turn petcock on and observe if fuel is flowing freely. If so, remove...
There is no reason to remove the tank/petcock filter. It helps keep crud out of your petcock for one thing. On my XJ700's it also determines the...
Charge your battery!
Wonderful story. Your dad reminds me a lot of my dad who just passed away last year. He was in a nursing home the last year of his life and got so...
Looks like XJ700 wheel spokes and front brakes.
Red 1964 Chevy Malibu ragtop w/ 283. Cost was $200 in 1974.
I use these to raise the low bars on the XJ700 up just a bit....
People would need to know which carb needs replacing?
Solder it, carefully, remove excess solder from outside of the tube. Should be good to go.
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You can always use a baseball card to the spokes for the fake sound.
Yes, the plastic tube does nothing to prevent sparking, unfortunately.
I would still like to find a way to keep the colortune wire from arcing to the deep plug well of an 'X'.
Be careful with plated hardware. I used something like Simple Green and the plating started to come off screws, brackets, etc. Best advice for any...
Many thanks @Melnic. I ordered the bleeder device and just repaired a brake line in my Jeep and it was the easiest bleeding I have ever done, and...
The manuals say to turn the crank to (piston) top dead center mark, which is not the same as the cam lobe facing directly away from shim face by...
Check for gas in your #2 bowl.
Missing Radio Shack now?
Which product did you purchase?
It could be the problem, should stick out more when up.
My speedo is off about 3 mph at highway speeds, compared to GPS, so I usually go 60 MPH in a 55 zone and 70 MPH in a 65 zone, if I want to go the...
You just need a section of copper rod, same diameter as the resistor and same length. I think Len at XJ4Ever has dummy resistors also.
Conventional EDM sounds expensive, mounting and lining up the stud holes, making the correct size electrode, the slow process of removing the...
Check this thread: https://www.xjbikes.com/forums/tags/correct-resistance/
