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Offline cakey

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Re: Help. First start up after build. Oil pressure?
« Reply #25 on: October 04, 2014, 07:41:10 PM »
Yes Mick I had partaken of much internal degrunging fluid since yesterday but I think it was something wrong with the mud crab 8)

So I fired it up. I couldn't see the oil ports properly once the bike was running but when checking the front tapped cover it went from a little bit of oil to filling up and out the hole pretty quick.

In the oil tank I could see a town of tiny bubbles coming up through the oil. Think I'm good to put this thing under load? It might be too loud for me today though.
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Re: Help. First start up after build. Oil pressure?
« Reply #26 on: October 04, 2014, 07:58:53 PM »
Yes ride it, yes you can adjust the floats with the carbs on. It's just harder to see when the little pin moves. I use the clear tube method to double check.
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