Would someone please help me?

[chuckycheese]

Wat about me?

Sorry, I spelled it wrong

What about me? I told him he didn't have shims.

(Thanks for correcting me, by the way!!)\\/

[Guest]

Hey Chuck?
Are you going to the Yosemite gathering?

[chuckycheese]

Yosemite

I've got a family situation that may prevent it but if I'm able to go, I'm going to. It sounds like great fun and it would be really nice to meet you guys!:-D

[ooqueso]

Nessism was able to help me identify all the problems, and what a relief! They are all easy fixes!
The issues:
Valve cover gasket leak
Carbs need a little TLC
Could use a new front fender

Great! A days work and the beast will be ready to eat some miles! I've been a Suzuki die-hard for years now, have only purchased Suzuki bikes, and love this forum already. I'll be attending whatever GSR events I can make it to, I dig forum gatherings :-D

Thanks for the GeorgeFix link! Great stuff! I have a habit of buying parts I don't need before going into a project simply to have new parts in when I'm done... I gotta be careful browsing that store or I'll spend wayyyy too much :P

[Guest]

All right Ed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=D>

[Planecrazy]

Good deal!!

Now, with regard to your "infamous 1980 petcock," make sure that you don't have it switched to the "prime" position. In the normal position it will flow properly whenever there is engine vacuum, and shouldn't leak when the motor is off (in other words, you should be able to pull the fuel line off without gas leaking all over the place). If it does, theres a problem with it (as mentioned before).

Good luck!

[ooqueso]

Yeah, Ed helped me out with that. Turns out the bike had been in prime since I bought it. All fixed now, and the petcock is functioning properly.

[Planecrazy]

One other thing you should check as a result of it sitting on "prime." Some people have reported that if the bike sits on prime their oil gets contaminated with excess gas flowing into the sump. Others have stated (and I think correctly) that if the carb floats are working properly this shouldn't happen, but just in case you should unscrew the oil cap and take a good sniff. If it smells like gasoline you'll want to do two things:

1. Change the oil because it IS contaminated and

2. Adjust the carb floats (possibly rebuild the carbs) so that excess fuel doesn't leak past and into the sump.

This wouldn't typically be a problem while the bike is running, but it would still indicate a problem with overall tuning and, of course, you wouldn't want to duplicate the contamination problem after changing the oil if the petcock DOES fail and allows gas to continue flowing when it shouldn't...

Regards,

[ron bayless]

Alrighty... You think the valves would be the best place to start? I suppose I could do the carbs and tach at the same time without much problem...

If you find out the oil leak is from the head,which is when you see oil leaking around the bolt in the middle of the front(exhaust side) of the head most likely then you will have to replace the rectangular oil seal and the head gasket.I hope yours is just a valve cover gasket.If you intend keeping the bike and fixing it no matter what the leak is from and the motor runs good but just leaks, then by all means a petcock will be needed.I got mine for my 1980 gs 1000 from old bike barn for $85.00.Takes 5 minutes to install.No gas should be leaking,but mine did at first even after i replaced it because I didnt realize a new petcock would be sent to me in the prime position.You can only turn the slot with a small screwdriver and not too often or it will break.Once is enough anyway.Prime is when the slot is vertical.Change it to horizontal.Might just fix the gas smell/leak problem.