Check you cousins, it they've got pumps keep them and send me your carbs.
Do you still want to swap petcocks? Waiting on the cuz are you?
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "andy hill" <alh-@adelphia.net> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:56 AM Subject: Re: 68 V700 SS1 WOES
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John- say- where did ya find the acc. pumps?? as an aside- my cable adjustments were WAY out of sync. also- the rt. carb 'chome' return spring was broken- 'choke' was not seating at all. that spring is one looonnng mutha, man. also, clamp bolts were not real tight. sheesh.... andy
John Chicoine wrote:
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Prins" <rob_pr-@hotmail.com <mailto:rob_pr-@hotmail.com>> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com <mailto:Loopfram-@topica.com>> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: RE: 68 V700 SS1 WOES
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Dane, No help here, just checking in with comments/moral support
While rebuilding my SS1s the last few days I noticed that the needle was in the lowest position, I moved it to the third notch per the manual, may have to move it back down to lean out the mid-range per Johns experience(?) The rebuild kits I ordered were pretty light, 5 paper gaskets and 1 banjo filter per carb. I was hoping for a float needle/seat asembly. Just for fun I priced float needles... $41 EACH. My first thought was that $82 would go a long way toward a set of VHBs on ebay. I'm glad to see that John C. is working toward some solution. John, did you consider using a filler material (solder?) prior to reshaping the float needle? is that a dumb idea? My hope is to leave the mid range dia. as is and take materail off the top end portion then adjust the needle or atomizer orifice position.
Dane, I recall seeing the float weight in the manual, if you need me to I can look it back up. I'm with you on wanting to get the bike on the road, not sure how much patience I'll have for the SS1s. I can say that if my pants catch fire I'll probably switch sooner. I truely don't believe that the floats are the issue. If the float was too heavy the bike would flood and pour gas all over the place.
I'm also not sure how to properly use the air valve, my guess is to close it down for starting, but does it need to be fully opened in normal operation? If so I may have a cable length issue. The air valve is a complete mystery to me. I've run the bike with it in both positions with not noticeable differences. The accelerator pumps are the ticket when is comes to starting the bike. A few twists of the throttle and she'll fire right up. I never tickle the floats. John C.
Rob
DANE TROUT wrote:
Excellent feedback...thanks for the reply. I'm considering switching
to
the VHB 29 carb if I can't get any satisfaction out of the ss1...I'm not sure I want to start re-manufacturing my carbs...lol. I'm must ready to have this thing on the road!
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