no3 not working

[Guest]

so heres the deal, just got my dyna s installed and the carbs put on. when i bought the bike carbs were off and in rough shape. i cleaned the carbs as best i could and bought carb kits that replaced all jets and rubber. anyways made a makeshift gas tank and let the bowls fill up and bike fired on first crank. after a bit i noticed gas dripping from the number 3 carb out of the airbox side{no air box on now}. if i pull the plug the idle is not effected at all. i can hear the spark jumping from the boot to the plug so i know i have spark. heres what i havnt done, checked valve clearences and synced carbs. when i removed the idle screws i forgot to count the turns so i just set them all at 3 full turns from seated. i have done a compression test, but it was before the bike ran so it was cold and i did not check the torqe of the head bolts. the compression was anywhere from 120-140. think 125 or so in the cylinder in question. i know i havnt done due dilligence, but was hoping that there was a simple solution that i over looked. any help would be great. plan on checking the torqe and valves soon(need to buy some tools.}. other than that bike runs pretty well considering it hasnt run in about 10 years and sat out side for probably most of that.
please mind my poor spelling, thanks
Brian

[BassCliff]

Greetings and Salutations!!

Hi Mr. byegge,

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So here's the deal. "i cleaned the carbs as best i could and bought carb kits" aint' gonna cut it. It's always best to keep OEM parts in the carbs. All you need for carb maintenance is an O-ring kit from cycleorings.com, some bowl gaskets, and a gallon can of carb dip. See all of the proper procedures in the links below. It's your "mega-welcome".

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Help! Your Bike Won't Start
DON'T DO THESE THINGS
Help! Your Bike Won't Run Well
Oh God! Pods!


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[byegge]

the reason i bought the kits is because i damaged two of the needle seats when trying to remove them. it was cheaper to buy the 4 kits that included everything than to buy oem carb parts from suzuki. this is a budget build afterall. here are some photos of what i was working with

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx350/byegge/carb2.jpg

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx350/byegge/carb3.jpg

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx350/byegge/carb1.jpg

also, will local autoparts store cary the carb dip, i plan on breaking them down and going through them again. i was waiting on an impact screwdriver to seperate them and that should be here soon

[cowboyup3371]

Yes they will carry the Berryman's and you'll even find it at Walmart. Like Basscliff tried to suggest, please put your bike information in your signature (User CP, Edit Signature) so we know what bike you are referring to and can help without asking you every time.

Understand the carb rebuild kits don't carry everything you need nor do they carry well made parts so you'll spend even more than you need to. Let us know what bike you have and maybe someone here can help you with parts and other stuff.