88 starts good then slowly fades away and dies

[traintrax]

have an 88 royale pita,have done all normal things,cleaned carbs,new battery cables,cleaned starter,fixed oil leaks from stator and p/ucoil wires,had it running good on all 4,then after about 10 minutes tach started going up and down ,neutral light faded out,then it would drop no 2 cyl.then slowly die out.try to start back-up sometimes it will,and sometimes you have to play with all switches,clutch,sidestand,etc.then will start right up and run good for a few more minutes.charges at 13.6-13.8-goes to 13.1 when fan kicks on,it acts like its losing or shorting to ground,any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Dano]

Sounds like the TCI is heating up and dropping out. You'll probably need to pull it out and re-solder the pins on there and possibly replace the diodes. Also relocate it to the top of the air box to keep that thing cool! Do a search under the 1st gen tech section on TCI and you'll find all the info you need.

[traintrax]

Many thanks Dano,that was going to be in my future plans,if i decide to keep it,i have been working on this bike for almost 2 months now and have not been able to ride it yet.Thinking maybe i should just cut my loss:fishin:es and buy something ready to go.

[Yammer Dan]

Dano could be right on this one. Are you capable enough with a iron to resolder those pins? Might be a fix. TCI's are getting hard to come by. There is a new one being made but I don't know price or what you need to make it work. It is not Original equipment. There is a thread here on it if you can figure it out.

[Marcarl]

Did you replace the fuel filter?