Hi, I have been having a constant and nagging issue with my 1978 special. Fuel dribbles out of the overflow on the left float bowl. It does this persistantly when the bike is idiling or turned off and on the stand.
Now it all started when a 'mechanic' gave me the bike back after he had done a carberator rebuild for me. I had attempted to clean them myself but ran into some problems that were outta my ameatuer league. I gave the mechanic the carbs back again when the leak started. He said he adjusted the float bowl height. Didn't work. Was sick of him so have tried to fix the problem myself.
Since the carb rebuild I took off the carbs and put in new needle jets, float valve seats and needle O-rings. The leak continued.
So I bought brand new petcocks to replace the vacuum ones. Thought this would surely solve my problem. Nah, still leaks. Have ran into a concrete wall with this and would appreciate some advice.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Now it all started when a 'mechanic' gave me the bike back after he had done a carberator rebuild for me. I had attempted to clean them myself but ran into some problems that were outta my ameatuer league. I gave the mechanic the carbs back again when the leak started. He said he adjusted the float bowl height. Didn't work. Was sick of him so have tried to fix the problem myself.
Since the carb rebuild I took off the carbs and put in new needle jets, float valve seats and needle O-rings. The leak continued.
So I bought brand new petcocks to replace the vacuum ones. Thought this would surely solve my problem. Nah, still leaks. Have ran into a concrete wall with this and would appreciate some advice.
Can anyone help?
Thanks