Subject: RE: More Eldo exploration.....
Author: Lannis
Date: Mar 29, 2004, 5:57 PM
Post ID: 1716429773
Patrick Hayes wrote:
Lannis = poor cranking. How is your ignition timing? If it is a few degrees too advanced, it will try to fire before it is fully compressed and it will fight the final rise of the piston and cause interrupted cranking. |
This is a possibility, although I don't hear it "firing" and stopping
the spin. The "static" timing is set right, but I understand from
Guzziology that strobe timing is the only way to make sure things are
really OK. I'll set the timing while running next and see how it
advances at different RPMs. Timing my BSA many times has taught me how
to watch for the mark "jumping" around because of weak advance
springs....
| Using good fuel? I know you just tossed out the varnish, but did you replace it with regular or premium. Regular fuel can cause the same effect as above. |
Yep, clean fuel everywhere, tank, lines, and carb bowls cleaned out.
Always 93 octane. At some point on a long trip, I'm sure I'll be back
up in the hills somewhere where all I can get is 87, so I'll probably
run a half-tank of it soon and see how it does. Right now, the bike
doesn't ping at all under any load, so that's another reason I don't
suspect the timing to be over-advanced.
| New battery? |
Yep, and it cost me $100 too. It better be good.
| Patrick Hayes |