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alrighty then...

alrighty then...

It runs again, but....LOL. Ya knew that was coming huh?

At first when I fired it up it ran, just ok but at least it was hitting on all four. I even took it for a little ride through the hood but couldnt get it above about 4-5k but I was ok with that for starters.
Now, nope. Seems like it has a dead skip in at least the number four cylinder.
All plugs fire. New wires and plugs made no difference. Compression's good. At idle I can disconect leads to the left coil and it changes nothing. Coils have juice with ignition on, about 12 volts.
It wont rev above choked idle. Thats the electrical side of the story. NOw for the fuel side..

New gas, petcock is good, new intake o-rings, airbox is a complete shambles. Intake boots on air box are a complete mess. Two of em have some type of redneck repair job with what looks to be red sylicone, Ya I know.. Tried the pods and the bike wont even start.

Where should I go from here? I want to run pods so I know a DJ kit is in the future but I want to make sure it will at least fire on all four before I drop any more coin into it.
Would bad carbs and or intake make it seem to missfire? When I say missfire I mean dead skip. What gets me is it ran decent, or at least ok at first.

Any suggestions, comment?
 
It runs again, but....LOL. Ya knew that was coming huh?

At first when I fired it up it ran, just ok but at least it was hitting on all four. I even took it for a little ride through the hood but couldnt get it above about 4-5k but I was ok with that for starters.
Now, nope. Seems like it has a dead skip in at least the number four cylinder.
All plugs fire. New wires and plugs made no difference. Compression's good. At idle I can disconect leads to the left coil and it changes nothing. Coils have juice with ignition on, about 12 volts.
It wont rev above choked idle. Thats the electrical side of the story. NOw for the fuel side..

New gas, petcock is good, new intake o-rings, airbox is a complete shambles. Intake boots on air box are a complete mess. Two of em have some type of redneck repair job with what looks to be red sylicone, Ya I know.. Tried the pods and the bike wont even start.

Where should I go from here? I want to run pods so I know a DJ kit is in the future but I want to make sure it will at least fire on all four before I drop any more coin into it.
Would bad carbs and or intake make it seem to missfire? When I say missfire I mean dead skip. What gets me is it ran decent, or at least ok at first.

Any suggestions, comment?

Just the usual ones ---- check valve clearances and how long has it set? Probably could benefit from carb dipping.
 
Please dont tell me with all this knowledge around here that Im all on my own?
 
Figured it out!!!! (why do I feel like Im talking to myself?)

At any rate, all cylinders are firing. NOw its on to the carb rebuild, or dip or cleaning or whatever.
The carbs need "redid"!

The way I see it, if I can "redid" old Chevy Quadrajets with great success I can do these little things.

Man! Its a good thing my Harley runs good!
 
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