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  • brianedonovan

    #1

    Not starting...with video!



    So there is the video of me trying to start the bike after re-assembling it.
    I am not sure if you can tell but it sounds like it wants to start.
    What I have:
    I have spark at all cylinders.
    I have fuel, Maybe too much. (never touched mix screws, don't know where they are.)
    I have air too.
    Those 3 things present are nice.
    I get some backfire occasionally when starting.
    The carbs have been rebuilt.
    I did have an issue with the cam gear jumping the chain and I reset it to factory specs. Exactly. I went over the book and this site multiple times to get it right.
    It seems like a timing issue though, it is an electronic ignition I haven't worked with.

    Any thoughts?
  • hampshirehog
    Forum LongTimer
    Past Site Supporter
    • Oct 2007
    • 12675
    • Hampshire. UK

    #2
    If the cam chain jumped you could have bent your valves. Have you done a compression test cold?
    79 GS1000S
    79 GS1000S (another one)
    80 GSX750
    80 GS550
    80 CB650 cafe racer
    75 PC50 - the one with OHV and pedals...
    75 TS100 - being ridden (suicidally) by my father

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    • Nessism
      Forum LongTimer
      GSResource Superstar
      Past Site Supporter
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      • Mar 2006
      • 35790
      • Torrance, CA

      #3
      You didn't "rebuild" the carbs if you don't even know where the mixture screws are set. Honestly, unless you do the job properly you are just guessing. My signature has a thread, and a carb rebuild tutorial, you should check out.

      BTW, your bike is not a 1979 unless someone changed the engine
      Last edited by Nessism; 09-24-2011, 12:52 PM.
      Ed

      To measure is to know.

      Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

      Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

      Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

      KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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      • Guest

        #4
        Bike is turning over pretty easily.
        I'd check the compression.
        Do a poor man version and put your finger over the spark plug hole and see if it pops your finger off of it.
        If you do try putting the crank trigger on the advance 180 degrees different then you have it now.
        Last edited by Guest; 09-24-2011, 05:50 PM.

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