Subject: RE: Guzzi machinists near Sacramento, San Francisco CA?
Author: gerar-@netzero.net
Date: Mar 23, 2005, 10:55 PM
Post ID: 1718591359
Hello Paul-
| Tell us more about this problem your having. Before diving in and having things machined that may not need it, run it by us again. Idling problems can stem from a number of different factors. Fuel, air and spark are all you need to make a bike run. |
Carburetors have been soaked in carburetor cleaner and rebuilt with
stock settings, fuel filters cleaned out. Air filters are K&Ns.
Distributor was rebuilt last year. Points spruced up two days ago to try
and improve the idle, to no effect. Spark plugs are shooting a, well,
not exactly fat blue spark when held near a ground source. They're about
1/4" away and the spark is purple.
| Bad connections, weak spark and bad springs in the distributor can all lead to poor idling and running. I for one prefer to check the cheap parts BEFORE I look at doing leak down tests etc. Condensers are notorious for being bad right from the box and can have you scratching your head for days. A loose connection on my coil had me occupied for a few days till I found it. It caused the bike to lurch and run rough at speed and idle, not all the time but when it wiggled loose it was as if the bike was possessed. Worn components in the carbs can cause you grief in getting things dialed in just right. |
I've been having a generally degrading idling problem for maybe half a
year now, and it is all the time, not intermittent. I'm quite happy with
the bike's performance at speed, changing the pipes back to the stock
pipes brought the top speed up to 85-90 from 75 before. However, once
you come to a stoplight, splat. Digital synching of the carbs would not
help either.
-Gerard
Paul 73 Eldo "Elvira" 949 conversion 74 Eldo "Daisy" undergoing a full police restoration -----Original Message----- From: gerar-@netzero.net [mailto:gerar-@netzero.net] A while back I posted about my El Dorado's difficulty idling steady. |