luvmy40

Yeah, I'd planned to run comp tests today and pop the top hat on 3 to double check the diaphragm. It's always possible that it didn't lay down right and isn't sealing up but it sure doesn't act like that. #3 dances to the same beat as the rest on the throttle and the slide returns at the same rate when moved manually.

Yeah, I'm scratching my head a bit too. Morgan Carb Tune Pro, the lines were not pinched or kinked. Like I said, I tuned at 1K, tweaked at 3K and rechecked at 1K. I'll do some vac leak tests tomorrow, I'm tied up all day today. I inspected all the diaphragms and they looked good the #3 slide acts normal and is in sync with the others.

Sprayed carb cleaner in #3 before I pulled them the second time, no effect. Synched after final install at1Krpm then 3Krpm then reset idle to 1Krpm Yes, all 4 carbs synched in nicely though #3 would have intermittent vac drops, not regular and not really often but more than once or twice. She starts right up and idles pretty smooth at 1K but you can hear #3 randomly firing and going cold. It sounds like #3 is solid at higher rpms, which is why I was looking at a fuel issue. Then again, 3 may be cutting in and out at any throttle position and it just sounds smooth at higher rpms. I'm going to close her all up and get some road time in ASAP and see if I pick up on anything.

The good news is the head cover gaskets are sealed up tight! No leaks.

I pulled the carb bank and double checked #3 . All passages are clear and everything looks good. I put new o-rings on all 4 drain plugs and reinstalled everything. Still no fire at idle on cyl. #3 . I pulled the plug and low an behold, it's fuel fouled. Cleaned her up and...still no luck. I colortuned the other 3 carbs and synched 'em all up at about 3k rpm. Dropped the idle back down to 1Krpm and I can hear 3# firing intermittently. I'm leaning toward a bad TCI but I'll ohm out all the coils caps and wires later just to be sure. Anybody know off hand what the Ignitech modules are going for now? The orange box from RegulatorRectifier.com is $329.00

All the drain screws are leaking now as well. They looked good and had never leaked before so I just reinstalled them. I'll have to see if I have the right O-rings for them. At this point, I'm just going to pull them and give them another over all inspection.

I'll definitely try some fuel directly injected first but all the signs point to a blocked pilot circuit, as I'm getting fire on "choke" and at open throttle. Not to mention my spark is jumping like a champion bullfrog. The pilot adjust has zero effect from closed to completely open.

I got the carbs all cleaned up and put back together. Remounted the carb bank, air box and TCI. Started her up and I'm getting no love from the #3 cylinder. Good spark and the colortune shows fire with the enricher circuit on and at 1/3 throttle or so, just no fire on idle. I must have a blocked passage in the #3 carb pilot circuit. I guess I'm pulling the carbs again tomorrow!

Got two carbs cleaned up, re shimmed and back together with the new SS screws. I have to track down a lost screw for the enricher block on one of them. Not sure where it could have gone as everything was disassembled in a Rubbermaid container and hasn't been touched since tearing them down. The third is in the carb dunk and the fourth is waiting in line. I'd hoped to get them all back together, check the float levels and reassemble the rack tonight but without that pesky screw, it'll have to wait till Tuesday!

Made a little headway today. Not as much as I'd liked to have gotten done but a start. I spent most of the day on a wild goose chase looking for some 2" flexible aluminum duct to make an exhaust vent for the shop. Nada, nunca! So I'll have to order it from the interwebz. I did pick up new fuel line and got that and the head covers with the new OEM Gen 2 gaskets installed. Now to get started on dinner. Chicken Tandoori tonight, with fresh ginger and cilantro served with lemon/chicken rice and yogurt sauce. YUMMMMMM!

Congratulations on your first Grand Baby youngster! Good on ya' for giving up the cancer sticks as well!

Plastics everywhere!

Will do. Glad you mentioned it as I had never even thought about it.

Had to replace the cheepaz chicom head cover gaskets that leaked 2 gal. of oil last season and figured I'd do a proper rebuild on the carbs and swap the needle shims as well.

Just a pic, for no real reason of the old girl as she sits right now.

I just bought stainless steel socket head screws to replace the bracket mounting screws, float bowl and diaphragm cover screws on my carb rack. I had to buy 50 each so I have a couple extra sets for the rack and 1 set for the bowl or diaphragm covers. I'll send them out to any paid subscriber who wants to cover the shipping cost(should only be a couple $). So, what I have to offer follows: 32 ea. - M6.1x10mm SS, socket head 16 ea. - M5.8x12mm SS, socket head

Wow! I wish I'd have found that kit before I bought my carb parts a la carte! I spent much more than that per carb and got less in the bargain. When I was digging around, the only kits I could find were >$50.00 ea.

Is anyone aware of a screw upgrade kit for the Venture carbs? Preferably SS but socket head for sure. I could just take all the screws and get them matched, but I thought I'd ask if there was a package deal available.

The carb rebuild video is from Damon Ferraiuolo. He's got a couple samples(short clips) up on youtube. I bought the V-Max carbs and engine rebuild combo. Well worth the $20.00 Here's his email: Damon_Ferraiuolo@msn.com

The acquisition of my first(only) Venture was a bit of a "pain in the buttocks". I answered a Craig's list add and and took a short road trip on my '82 Yamaha Maxim to see the "nearly mint" '83 Yamaha Venture posted for sale with the asking price of $2500.00. We met up at a gas station some 60miles from my home and right around the corner from his. I watched him ride it in and listened to it run for a few moments while giving it a good visual once over. It sounded good to my uninitiated ear and did not look too bad(though very far from "near mint"). I told the guy truthfully that I was interested as I need a more comfortable long haul ride for my wife and I to take on weekend trips, but I wasn't going to make any decisions until I looked at several other bikes, including a much newer Wing and an Aspencade. Several days later after having been completely underwhelmed by everything else I looked at, in cluding a a couple more Ventures that were not in as good condition cosmetically, I called the guy back on the Venture. It was still available but for some reason we had a terrible time meeting up. He didn't have it registered or there wasn't a notary available or he couldn't find the hard copy of the title. For several weeks there seemed to be reason after reason after reason that I could not get another look at the bike. One day he called me and said that he could load it up on a trailer and bring it to me with the notarized title in hand but he'd only come if I was dead serious. I told him I was very interested but there was no way I'd pay $2500.00 for it. He said he'd not go any lower than $1000.00 so I told him to bring it and if I could ride it around the block I'd take it for $1000.00. He did, I did and that's when I started learning about the Gen 1, MK1 XVZ12TK. A couple hundred(ok, 4-5 hondos) in parts and many hours of wrenching and I know have a great running touring bike that will blow the chrome off any Hawg I've ever owned.

Hope to finally meet some of the great people from this forum this year. Freebird is close enough that I can drop in to at least say hello even if I can't phanagil the whole weekend into my schedule.

Hummingbird, I'm a bout 30mi north of you and get 6 or 7 digital broadcast stations including The CW and 2 PBS stations with a $20.00 flat panel interior antenna. It is subject to weather and some are better reception than others. If roku doesn't support local channels, I'd say the cheap amplified antenna would be a good gamble for you. BTW, Roku, Amazon Fire Stick, Android TV, Apple TV are great media devices and well worth the minimal investment for their free content. I'm in the process of putting together a media base/web browser with a Raspberry Pi 3 board running Android 6 Marshmallow. I'll let you know how it works out once I get it all set up and running. I'm hoping to be able to surf the web with Chrome and stream video content from CRTV(Steven Crowder, Ben Shapiro, Gavin McInnes, etc.) and run the Roku or Amazon Fire app as well, all through the big screen HD TV in my living room. It should be doable for about $70.00 in hardware and a little skull sweat.

Along bongobobny's line of thought, I use a product called Eezox for rust protection of anything metallic. It's a gun product but works well on any metal prone to corrosion. Clean them up with a rust remover(naval jelly, aircraft stripper, etc) and treat them with Eezox. It's not a hard coating so it won't chip away, but it will need to be re applied periodically. Or just suck it up and by the expensive stainless steel or chromoly lug nuts. $0.02

PLEASE get OEM gaskets. The chicom stuff on fleaBay are complete junk. Ask me how I know!

I picked up a NIB GoPro knock off for about $60.00 in trade. It seems to work well. I had issues with the video and the audio not synchronizing properly but that turned out to be a combination of hi rez capture and low end play back hardware. I went down to a lower video resolution and ran it on a newer machine and everything is fine. I thought I'd use it a lot more that I do. I just don't think about it and forget that I have it most times! I may dash mount it in the car or truck just to get some video proof of the lack of driving skills in my little chunk of paradise. ETA: I want to add that I was very surprised at the audio recording from this cheap little camera. I'd thought the audio of recordings when riding would be nothing but wind and ambient noise but it picks up my voice quite clearly and keeps the wind rush at a minimum nicely with no audio connections, just the condenser mic on-board.