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Subject: Re: need help

Author: Michael Jones

Date: Aug 27, 2000, 3:35 PM

Post ID: 1702116606

Thanks for the advice, Charles, but I did check those
things. THe fuel runs in to the carbs at a good clip,
gas cap open or closed, one or two petcocks open. I
cleaned the banjo screens and the in-line filters, and
did a thorough cleaning of the carbs. Perhaps there is
something in the fuel, I could add some dry gas...

--- Charles Mullendore
<C.D.Mul-@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
 Hi Michael,
Sounds kind of like fuel starvation. There are
"filters" on the petcocks inside the tank and the
round "filters" behind the fuel banjos on the carbs.
Have you
checked both of these? Also, make sure the vent hole
on the gas cap is not obstructed. Check the fuel for
water or sediment. Hope this helps.

Charlie

Michael Jones wrote:

 I need some help, folks. My Ambo is
running so bad
 now that I cannot even ride it. This problem has
been
 developing gradually. It wasn't running very well
on
 the way to work t'other day, but on the way home
it
 got really bad. I couldn't make it all the way
home -
 it would loose power and backfire a lot, then
regain
 power for a few seconds, then loose power again.
It
 isn't that it won't fire at all: but it misfires a
lot
 and most fo the time when it does fire it doesn't
produce much power. I left it in a friend's garage
half way between work and home.
I have completely cleaned the carbs and
fuel finters,
 and replaced the choke o-rings. I put in new spark
plugs, a different (not new, but good) coil, new
spark
 plug wires, checked the timing and points (which
are
 clean), and looked for shorts in the obvious
places. I
 have not changed the condenser, because I am not
sure
 if a malfunctioning condenser would cause these
symptoms - it would just cause the points to burn,
no?
 How exactly does a condenser work?
I have the distributor at home now,
thinking perhaps
 the points aren't grounding do to the oil and dirt
on
 the plate that they attach to. Other then that and
the
 condenser, I can't think of anything else to
check.
 Any ideas?????

-Mike (69 Ambo)

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