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Re: Back firing

Posted by Andyt59 on Aug 25, 2010; 4:37am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Back-firing-tp1270157p1324078.html

OK. At the advice of you fine intellectual people in this group, I pulled the carbs off tonight.

Out came the 125 jets and in went the 102's

Reset the air mixture screws out to EXACTLY 3 turns each. Used the screws out of my donor carbs as they looked MUCH better than the ones I was running.

Put it all back together:
1) I actually had to CHOKE it to get it to run this time
2) The choke made a difference in how it ran (cold and warmed up)
3) The exhaust still smells a little rich but not like it did before

All of this in under an hour. I need to put some more gas in the tank and run her down the road again and see if there is improvement there.

I have a new anomaly in the electrical system. I have been running this WITHOUT the ign. switch hooked up. I'm using a 30A breaker fuse to jump the red and black wires in the ign. plug. I discovered tonight, with the ground COMPLETELY OFF THE BATTERY, the dash lights up like it is supposed to, the solenoid clicks (but the bike won't start). I reconnect the ground, and the dash goes out, the gauges light up and I have to pull the clutch to start it (no matter if it is in neutral or not). Do I need an electrician or an excorcist?