Subject: Re: Getting there is (half?) the fun...
Author: andy hill
Date: Mar 22, 2004, 7:39 PM
Post ID: 1716369535
are your pilot jets nice and clean?
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From: "Lannis" <lan-@direcway.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:11 PM
Subject: Getting there is (half?) the fun...
| Well, I'm getting it a little bit at a time. My '75 Eldo starter problem was a combination of old connections and a duff Marelli starter relay. Cleaned up all the starter circuit connections, replaced the sparking and arcing Marelli with a $3.99 Federal-Mogul DF005 30A from AutoZone (thanks, Mike), and off she goes. NOW I've figured out why the P.O. had adjusted the 'choke' cables so that there was no slack in them and they were sitting slightly open all the time. It's the only way the bike will run. Now that I've adjusted those cables so that they fully shut off the "starting jet" fuel when the lever is closed, I've found that I have to keep the lever open some for the bike to run at all. It starts right up on full choke in a 40 degree shop (too lazy to light the kerosene burner), and will warm up idling pretty well as I slowly close the lever. But if I close it all the way, it will backfire through the carbs and buck and miss and cut off. I've let it warm up good, then rode it up the road with some choke on, and shut the choke off while running at 3-4000 RPM in third gear, and she'll start spitting back and missing and cutting off till I cut the choke back on. With any choke at all it runs too rich and emits black smoke. The slides are synchronized for mechanical motion, anyway. Can't imagine that it came out of anyone's shop set up like that. It has K&N pod filters (clean and oiled) and stock police pipes with the baffles missing. Would an Eldo be so sensitive to jetting that maybe it has the stock jets and it's way too lean with the K&Ns and pipes? Maybe the best thing to do would be to send the carbs to someone who knows what's what, and have them check them over and jet them appropriately for a 1000cc Eldo with K&Ns and "open" pipes, whatever that jetting might be, and I would just install and sync and adjust them. Any suggestions? Lannis |