Subject: Re: 70 ambo won't start
Author: Ian Adkins
Date: Sep 3, 2000, 6:09 AM
Post ID: 1702240717
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Hi Doni,
Did you check for a spark? Are your plugs fouled?
If the engine is turning over slowly off of your truck battery then =
start your truck. The alternator should give the battery the power it =
needs to easily turn over your bike's engine. Also check the connections =
of the jumpers.
Once you do get the bike running let her warm up well.....these bikes =
(at least mine) don't run all that well until they are warm.=20
Also, when starting cold...I notice that both my bikes will flood really =
easily. What I do is turn on the petcocks.....set the choke lever to 3/4 =
and turn the key (push the start button). If you give any gas only give =
it after the engine turns over a few times. The bike should (if it's set =
up right) fire right up.
Good luck and let us all know how you made out.
Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: Doni Scheindlin <dms-@mail.utexas.edu>
To: Loopfram-@topica.com <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Date: September 2, 2000 7:54 PM
Subject: 70 ambo won't start
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Y'all may remember a while back when i was having trouble keeping my =
recently acquired ambo at idle. A few adjustments of the screw fixed =
that problem. Now, I didn't get time to mess with it much the next week =
or two and I had to jump it started the next time I started it. Got it =
going let it run a bit, rode it around the block and parked it. Then, I =
was laid up a couple weeks, didn't touch the bike. Tried jumping it =
today. The engine turned over normally, but I couldn't get it to catch. =
Tried a couple more times then stopped, made sure there was gas and it =
was flowing to the carbs. I also let my truck run for about twenty =
minutes. Then I tried again (truck not running) and the motor would =
turn, but very, very slowly. Can anyone tell me what is going on? I =
would love to get this thing on the road, or at least running enough so =
I can get it to a mechanic to tune it.
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Thanks,
Doni
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DCourier>Hi Doni,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DCourier></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier>Did you check for a spark? Are your plugs=20
fouled?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier>If the engine is turning over slowly off of =
your truck=20
battery then start your truck. The alternator should give the battery =
the power=20
it needs to easily turn over your bike's engine. Also check the =
connections of=20
the jumpers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DCourier>Once you do get the bike =
running let her=20
warm up well.....these bikes (at least mine) don't run all that well =
until they=20
are warm. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DCourier></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier>Also, when starting cold...I notice that both =
my bikes=20
will flood really easily. What I do is turn on the petcocks.....set the =
choke=20
lever to 3/4 and turn the key (push the start button). If you give any =
gas only=20
give it after the engine turns over a few times. The bike should (if =
it's set up=20
right) fire right up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier>Good luck and let us all know how you made=20
out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCourier>Ian</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><B>-----Original =
Message-----</B><BR><B>From:=20
</B>Doni Scheindlin <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:dms-@mail.utexas.edu">dms-@mail.utexas.edu</A>><BR><B=
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href=3D"mailto:Loopfram-@topica.com">Loopfram-@topica.com</A>=
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start<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Y'all may remember a while back when i was =
having trouble=20
keeping my recently acquired ambo at idle. A few adjustments =
of the=20
screw fixed that problem. Now, I didn't get time to mess with =
it much=20
the next week or two and I had to jump it started the next time I =
started=20
it. Got it going let it run a bit, rode it around the block =
and parked=20
it. Then, I was laid up a couple weeks, didn't touch the =
bike. 20
Tried jumping it today. The engine turned over normally, but I =
couldn't get it to catch. Tried a couple more times then =
stopped, made=20
sure there was gas and it was flowing to the carbs. I also let =
my=20
truck run for about twenty minutes. Then I tried again (truck =
not=20
running) and the motor would turn, but very, very slowly. =
Can=20
anyone tell me what is going on? I would love to get this =
thing on the=20
road, or at least running enough so I can get it to a mechanic to =
tune=20
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT =
size=3D2>Doni</FONT></DIV><PRE>__________________________________________=
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