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'79 GS550--battery shot?

  • Thread starter Thread starter tbrand69
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Got it

Got it

Okay, so I got the bike running. Here's the thing: it was none of those things that we talked about earlier.

Quick, what you see?
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If you guessed "The carburetor openings have slipped half way out of their boots," then you win the prize!

Ironically, if I hadn't sprayed a bunch of starter fluid into the top of #1 carb, and subsequently figured out why it was leaking all over the place, I probably would have over looked the carb boots for another week.

Sometimes I feel like an idiot. Then incidents like this occur and prove me right. Oh well, live and learn.

So she runs now, which is good. I wanna say she's on the lean side because she won't run without the choke part way on, and any throttle given after she's warmed up kills her. So looks like it's time to play with some screws.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
 
tbrand69 said:
Quick, what you see?
93A223C4-939B-44E1-B732-7CA3E1189F36-14259-00001A880B397409.jpg



If you guessed "The carburetor openings have slipped half way out of their boots," then you win the prize!
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There needs to be a different prize. :-k

Those carb have not slipped "half way out of their boots", they are ALL the way out. :p

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mrbill5491 said:
D'OH D'OH How the heck did they slip off like that??
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i think it happened when I was repairing the air box. One of the two bolts that attach it to the frame on top snapped off in the hole. I had to drill it out and retap the threads. I was moving the box around quite a bit because I was too lazy to take it all apart and remove it.

Oh well, at least I fixed it. That's all that matters to me.
 
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