terry hutchens

got it back together today it's running on all four now while i was at it i installed a tci from dingy, thanks! real easy installation, making a shake down ride tomorrow and see how it goes. thanks to all for all the help!

3 84 vr, 83 xj1100j, 86 suzuki gs550l

gonna go back in and run a wire thru the pilot jets. the pipe is not getting as hot and as quick as the others, but i think i'm on the right track sluggish on the bottom end. as far as the weak spark wiggled the connectors at the tci. now got a big fat spark! so got some cleaning to do there. remember this bike has only been rode 2365 miles since 1994! wheres the fuel filter on this thing? got to name her too. gonna post some pics when i get her done. thanks to all for helping!

heres where im at, took the carbs off gave them a good cleaning paid close attention to the problem carb. reassembled put back on bike. didnt hook up cables or tighten boots in case i had to take them back off. hook up fuel line fired it up no change until i put my hand over the carb two or three times now it seems to be firing on all fours. gonna wait until tomorrow and try again if all goes well will hook up cables and such. must have done something right. lol

24hrs? berrymen is some nasty looking and smelling stuff! it ought to clean real good. all the carbs i have rebuilt/cleaned were on inline fours, these are a whole different ballgame but a carb is a carb lol. the bike came with the genuine yamaha service manual.need to get a good set of screwdrivers tho. need to get to know these carbs anyway. thanks gary!

it will run when pouring gas in the carb means it's getting spark, so gonna fill carb with berryman b-12 and let sit for a day or two. if that don't work i'll pull the carbs and give them a good cleaning. no stranger to carb cleaning. was hoping i could get by without having to. oh well no biggie!

checking the cap was one of the first things i did. thanks. today i took the plug wire from the rear cylinder and placed it on the front with new plug,no change. plug looked dry afterwards. compared spark on both plugs they looked about the same. so its got to be fuel-related right? thanks.

sounds good gary. had a problem on my xj1100 like there was water in the gas ,bought a used box trouble went away.so there you go. let me do a few more checks,i've got a real weak spark gonna switch coils and see if that helps.but still interested in one of these units. thanks

update: just finished doing the check from the left side of the ignition fuse to the plug cap. if i'm reading the ohm meter right it reads 20k. going to do a search and see what i find out.

update: doing a pure sea-foam soak on problem carb, been 24 hrs. fired the bike up this evening just to pull the sea-foam through it. of course no fire. pulled plug cap off and inserted a new ngk found little to no spark, once or twice good spark, pulled on spark plug wire at the cap and coil with no change.going to try a new wire then check coil and connections. if that don't work change coil. i'd like to put a set of dyna coils on it. put a set on my xj when i got it really made a differnce! thanks.

update; took the air filter box off for a look see. took out the drain plug gas came out,turned the switch on,gas came out put plug back in. tapped on carb. started bike heres what i found, gas coming out around needle on all carbs.one of the carb slides has some chips but seem to work fine. so poured some gas into problem carb and pipe started getting hot. also the slides flutter when giving throttle. maybe a weak plug? i don't know. thanks

thanks guys! got home couldnt take out plug for the lack of the right tool but pulled cap off trimmed wire reattached cap used an old plug got spark. removed air filter cover,and started poured a little gas in the carb while running and the pipe started getting hot.sooo i didnt want to pull the carbs. maybe check for kinked fuel line? any ideas? thanks in advance! tell me more about the sea-foam soak.

no it was laying outside the boot. lol

sitting on the bike it's the front left. so i took off plug cap and found a dime thats right a dime! i thought boy was i lucky, put the cap back on still no change:( i guess i got some testing to do. i dont know how long the bike has been sitting. i've been reading some threads on this problem so hopefully nothing major. already got a little seafoam in it. gonna check for fire first and go from there. this is a great site a lot of useful info thanks!!