Topic: Carb Jets

[calj737]

Oh yeah, by the way, I am that idiot that tried to unscrew the jets!!

Takes one, to know one. Love the self-deprecating honesty. Haven't laughed that hard in too long! I may want to pay for your rebuild kit as compensation for the entertainment...

[grcamna2]

It finally fired on both cylinders a few weekends ago.  It only ran for a brief time but it showed life on both sides.  Now I need to run new cables, put new fuel lines on and then fire it up again.  I feel pretty good that it will run now.

Once its running right I will have to decide what to do with the bike.  I could tear it apart and restore it.  The negative to that is that I will never get my money back out of it.  The other thing I could do is "arrest" the decay.  That keeps it in the state of a barn find and does not let it get any worse.  I am more inclined to go that way with this bike.

Magilla,
What's your version of "arresting the decay" ?
 
I found a product recently called Fluid Film,which is used mainly for keeping steel from rusting;it's a great product that's a spray-on oil that stays-put & bonds very well to the metal.

[Magilla]

It finally fired on both cylinders a few weekends ago.  It only ran for a brief time but it showed life on both sides.  Now I need to run new cables, put new fuel lines on and then fire it up again.  I feel pretty good that it will run now.

Once its running right I will have to decide what to do with the bike.  I could tear it apart and restore it.  The negative to that is that I will never get my money back out of it.  The other thing I could do is "arrest" the decay.  That keeps it in the state of a barn find and does not let it get any worse.  I am more inclined to go that way with this bike.

What happens when dirt gets on the oil?

Magilla,
What's your version of "arresting the decay" ?
 
I found a product recently called Fluid Film,which is used mainly for keeping steel from rusting;it's a great product that's a spray-on oil that stays-put & bonds very well to the metal.

[Tugboat]

Sometimes the best you can do is just make it less crappy than it was when you got it, and then ride the hell out of it!

[Magilla]

Every bike I buy, i buy it with the intention to make it better than when I bought it.  I will never have the skills to do a 100 point restoration and I accept that.  I also understand that with the skill set that I do have, I can make bieks better then when I buy them.