mercury sync tool went sluuurp

[Don Lobacz]

The restrictors are there to smooth out the vacuum pulses to the tool, they won't prevent the mercury from being pulled in. One of the main things that allow the mercury to rise too high is not enough mercury in the resevoir. When I first got my stix, they worked great, never coming close to hitting the top. I made the mistake of trying to start the bike cold on the stix, and got a few backfires as it tried to start. This blew some of the mercury out of the resevoir, and it soon was a delicate balancing job to not have it sucked all the way up. Added more mercury and it's fine. You can get replacement bottles of mercury from most mc catalogs.

 

[earlfor]

cyclerecycle sells replacement vials of mercury for the stix.
http://www.crc2onlinecatalog.com/

Earl

You can get replacement bottles of mercury from most mc catalogs.

 

[volks28]

I think you got it. I didn't have enough mercury cause I spilled some of it by accident. Man that tool is delicate!!

I thought that even though I dropped 1/4 of the reservoir, it would still work?

I bought 1 bottle (75mg), would that be enough? How precise do I need to be with the "mercury pool" size?

... One of the main things that allow the mercury to rise too high is not enough mercury in the resevoir. When I first got my stix, they worked great, never coming close to hitting the top. I made the mistake of trying to start the bike cold on the stix, and got a few backfires as it tried to start. This blew some of the mercury out of the resevoir, and it soon was a delicate balancing job to not have it sucked all the way up. Added more mercury and it's fine. You can get replacement bottles of mercury from most mc catalogs.

 

[Anonymous]

There needs to be enough to fill the entire length of the tube, plus a little.

 

[Don Lobacz]

If your stix (Styx?) manual shows a prescribed line, then fill it up to there. If not, put in a bunch (I fill it almost up to the vent hole in the front).

 

[volks28]

Found some mercury. Gosh, it seems like no-one wants to sell this stuff, just like it was some kind of radioactive substance.

I got help from a friend mechanic and we got all four cyl in the same "distance" I mean same centimeter. I think I'm good to go. Still need to put the tank on and take it for a spin. I'll keep my fingers crossed. After much work into it, I sure hope she can give some love back!