Well, I think so. A guzzi mechanic, Al Gilliam of Williamsville DUcati told me not to hold the gauge on there too long as it would render an inaccurate reading. He told me that I should get a reading anywhere from 70 to 120. I would agree with you that it seems a bit low as the Nikasil piston kit I put in there is only about 2500 miles old. I will try to just leave the gauge there wihle and see if I can see any difference. Anyway, now that I installed a new distributor cap and rotor at least she fires on both cylinders, which is a big step............. for me. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Hunter Jones <hhjo-@mindspring.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 1:32 PM Subject: Re: STARBOARD? (Is that left or right?)
Bob
The compression readings are low. Did you hold the throttle wide open when you checked it?
Hunter
At 10:11 AM 4/6/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Mick, This cylinder measures 90 lbs and the port side measures 85 lbs. Spark plug lights up good when outside of cylinder. Just cleaned and rebuilt carbs, (VHB29) i.e. put in new gaskets. Jets
were
good. I have #122 for main jet, where slide needle goes into, #80 jet
for
the atomizer and #45 for the pilot jet (the one next to the main jet).
Both
slide needles set to middle position and both slides have big end
oriented
toward engine. Both slides have enough cable slack to allow slide to go
to
bottom of carbs. I plan to replace the coil and condenser just because I have nothing left to do. BOb ----- Original Message ----- From: mick mayersky <Bakerp-@cs.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 9:38 AM Subject: Re: STARBOARD? (Is that left or right?)
sounds like a fuel situation to me compression, spark, whats