littlebill31
Smells of Raw Fuel
lol, first time I opened a TCI engine points cover, I was like, "What, where the hell did...."?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Got the bike running pretty good now. Put in the rebuild kit from Mikes. One of the float needles was noticeably worn, and the rubber parts were hard as a rock. Also one of the floats wasn't quite level so I fixed that. The idle comes back down much quicker now and when it is warm the idle still speeds up a little, but not like it was before. I believe this is normal. Synced the carbs too and the backfiring seems to be gone too. As far as adjusting the mix screws, I took them out and all the parts were there so I cleaned them up, the springs were quite corroded. The washers and o rings were all in tact, cleaned them and put them back in and set them 3 turns out exactly like they were before. So far I am pretty happy with the way its running. I did try to adjust the mix screws according to the carbguide, but am not sure if I am understanding the dead cylinder method. I took a plug wire off one side, put an extra plug into the cap and grounded on engine. I turned the mix screw on the other cylinder both directions with the engine running, but didn't notice any difference in the idle speed. Also I noticed that both pipes are still putting out exhaust. If one cylinder is dead, shouldn't only one pipe be working?
When you made the rotation you rotated it once or twice to re-adjust?But every time I rotated the engine back around to double check myself and the valve settings THEY WOULD BE OFF!