sredish Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 premix ratio to rich, bad fuel, bad plugs. just a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledofthezep Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 ^^What he said.^^ I'd also add...Have you checked the compression? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dune Ratt Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 You say its not the jetting but how do you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dune Ratt Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 You said that you put stock jets in. Well from the factory shees are not jetted for everyones conditions. Say you live at 5000ft above sea level stock jets are not going to be the right ones. Also the temp could affect the jetting. I had a problem much like you discribe. I checked everything and it turned out that my pilot jet was way to lean ( I now use a 35) If your compresion is ok try bumping up the pilot jetts a notch or two and that should help with the hard starting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbirdman Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 For the "hard to start" part of it, make sure that the float bowls are on the right carburetors. If they're switched, you don't have a choke/starter circuit and cold-starting can be a real b*tch. Look on the side of the float bowls that faces the cylinders - on one of them you'll see a small brass-colored bearing. That float bowl goes on the carburetor with the choke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im-Loving-It 69 Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 How do i tell if my reeds are bad? i think it mite be that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frocashmoney24 Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 by competitoin do you mean compression, and just make sure your reeds arent cracked or flaking or warped, also how old is the gas? does it start with starting fluid being sprayed into the carbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im-Loving-It 69 Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 OK i found out that I had the float bowls on wrong! Thanks And yes it starts with starting fluid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sredish Posted February 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 For the "hard to start" part of it, make sure that the float bowls are on the right carburetors. If they're switched, you don't have a choke/starter circuit and cold-starting can be a real b*tch. Look on the side of the float bowls that faces the cylinders - on one of them you'll see a small brass-colored bearing. That float bowl goes on the carburetor with the choke. Good call. Glad you got if figured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurny Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 Did you ever check to see if both cylinders are getting good spark? I had an 89 with the same problems and it would fire on one but only every once in a while in the other. I thought it was jetting but it wasent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im-Loving-It 69 Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 how did you fix it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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