luvmy40

I really envy the garages and shops of people who have organizational skills and will power! I'm a pack rat of the worst kind. One with no organizational skill at all. I have parts and SAMS Photofacts for Curtis Mathis TVs. I haven't worked as a TV repair tech in 35 years. I can't throw them away. It's a sickness! So, today I set out to clean up my "shop" in order to make room for the new Venture. She's been parked in the driveway and tarped since I pulled the carbs. This spring I walled off the back half of a generously sized 2-1/2 car garage (that's never had a car in it) to isolate my holster business for tax purposes. Of course, everything that got moved from the new business area just got stacked willy-nilly where ever I could put it in the front half. I also recycle cardboard. That means I pile the boxes up in the garage until I can't move around it anymore then haul it to the recycle center. Usually a couple trips a year. I just made a cardboard trip last week. I found another truck load+ today! Now, My son has his '81 SECA 750 partially stripped with parts scattered as bad or worse than I would have so that was the first step, consolidating that project in limbo to one area. Then I made a very difficult decision to throw some old golf gear and workout equipment out to road. http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/luvmy40/Motor%20Cycle/Resized_20160823_211033_zpsopegopo0.jpeg There's still more cardboard to be hauled off but I squeezed both bikes in and still have room to move around the Venture! I'm actually surprised and kind of proud that I was able to find the will power to do this without a task master to keep me on point. Baby steps!

The new valve cover gaskets arrived today and the bolt seals were here last week. Now I just need to clear a space in the garage so I'm not splitting her open in the driveway. I hope I can get the old girl up and running before the season is completely gone.

I'd go back to the shop you paid six hundred $ to clean/rebuild your carbs and raise hell! Not doing as good a job as I would is one thing. But putting them back together wrong and losing parts?!! Absolutely unacceptable!

I haven't disassembled the piston/needle on mine but there is a washer on top of the screw that holds the needle to the piston, then the large spring, then the cover. It may have been that washer that was inside the diaphragm cover.

So, the only thing holding the jet block in place is the needle jet screw? I'd think that would be an issue. It has to be effecting the fuel flow drastically.

From Morgan's website:http://www.carbtune.com/carbaccs.html [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]4 x 1 metre lengths £8 [h=3]Nitrile hoses[/h] Comes in 1 metre lengths for connecting gauges to carburettors. Will work with any gauges. 5mm id x 8mm od. This is not a fuel hose and should not be used for a fuel supply. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

As a former Army communications tech, I feel your pain. As a former AF Crew Chief, I feel your pain. As a former commercial refrigeration service tech, I feel your pain. The smartest stupid people I know are military officers, pilots and engineers. The service industry sucks in general but It's one of the few things I'm any good at.

High 80's today(cooler than the last few weeks) but it's raining for 3 days.

Very Nice! I'm on the prowl for an early 70's vintage Marlin model 1895 in 45-70 to match my 336. Ever since Ohio opened up deer hunting to straight wall pistol caliber rifles, the 45-70s have become expensive hen's teeth around here.

What'd ya git?!

Harbor Freight sells ABS filler rod and cheap plastic welders. Plastic welding takes a good bit of practice and is very difficult to get consistently strong welds. I have had excellent results fixing broken body panels with molded Kydex reinforcement panels and DevCon epoxy.

My current boondoggle had two completely clogged pilot jets and the right pilot mixture screws were turned in tight with the left side out 7-8 turns and she didn't stumble at idle like that. It wasn't a sewing machine smooth idle but it was steady and consistent with little rpm variation. It sounds like a combination of carb issues to me. Badly tuned pilot circuit/clogged jets, bad synchro, possibly bad diaphragms. I wouldn't think float level would be a major factor at idle unless there were extreme levels(no gas or full to overflow levels). I'm far from an expert on these bikes but I've seen similar symptoms in the XJs and a serious carb rebuild fixed it 90% of the time.

Hope it stays dry and all have a great time. There's very little chance that I'll get things buttoned up in time so we'll try for next year!

Well, evidently it will quite some time before I have to pull the valve covers again and(at least on the XJ covers) there's no reason to pull the gasket off the cover when I do have to check the valves again.

That's the way it works on the XJs. I hope it's similar in this application.

Hah! That'll teach me to open my eyes!

I use Permatex high tack.

So what are the odds that OEM TCI that "Came off of a bike that was running with 22,000mi when it crashed" is going to be good? There's one on ebay right for $55.00 and I'm almost half sure that my current problems are at least partly TCI related.

I ordered some Chinese gaskets and bolt seals today on ebay. I'll keep my fingers crossed that they fit and don't fall apart quickly!

The gaskets are $38.50 ea. at the local Yamaha shop. $8.50 ea. for the cover bolt seals. I ordered both gaskets and 16 bolt seals for $69.82 delivered on ebay. I'll just keep my fingers crossed that the gaskets are decent quality.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261954379741?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Found these on fleabay. Anyone tried them?

Carbs are spic-n-span and the floats are set. Now I'm just waiting on a shim tool to pull the rocker boxes and check the valves clearance. Does the fuel tank absolutely have to come out? No way to work around it?

We just bring a two man pop up tent and sleeping bags usually. I don't haul a trailer so cargo space is at a premium for the weekend trips.

Are there usually any camping spots open at the last minute? I'm hoping to have the new Venture up and running soon and the Wife and I would love to try to make this run. There's just no way I can say for sure yet. I may be buttoning things up this week but then there's that old saying about the best laid plans of mice and men...

These carbs don't look bad at all. The pilot jets were at least partially blocked in 2/4 but they're not really gunked or full of debris at all. I just got the new plug wire today and I'm going to give the carbs another going over and double check the float settings as I have a habit of being too cursory with this kind of thing and missing small stuff that tend to make big problems. Maybe get it done tomorrow?