My First Bike, A Project
#11
Are there any internals that are mandatory to replace when you clean the carbs? I assume I need to buy a gasket to go between the carbs and the head.
My guess is if I get it apart and something is damaged or rusted or beyond cleaning, I'll have to replace it, but I was wondering there's anything I can order ahead of time because it's a guaranteed (or pretty close to one) replacement item.
EDIT: Looking through the microfiche, and there doesn't appear to be a gasket between the carbs and the cylinder head?
My guess is if I get it apart and something is damaged or rusted or beyond cleaning, I'll have to replace it, but I was wondering there's anything I can order ahead of time because it's a guaranteed (or pretty close to one) replacement item.
EDIT: Looking through the microfiche, and there doesn't appear to be a gasket between the carbs and the cylinder head?
#12
I have been able to clean my carbs numerous times without changing any of the gaskets. if it is not leaking fuel I say leave it alone. make sure to blast things out with compressed air after shooting carb clean through them. and take one carb apart at a time so as to not mix up the parts! sounds like things are going well. welcome to the club of having an old fun Hurricane. and welcome to the baby club as well, I have a 7 month old baby girl and time is sparse and precious!
#15
Well... not sure what to make of today's findings. Snapped some crappy cellphone cam pics. I'll let you guys decide.
Here are cylinders #1 thru #4 after the carbs were removed, looking in through the intake manifold.
Cylinder #1
Cylinder #2
Cylinder #3
Cylinder #4
We didn't try to start the bike today, but we did remove the spark plugs. They look like this (cylinder #1 on the left to #4 on the right)
Whatever the hell is in cylinder #1, it looked dry and dusty brown, which was also how the spark plug looked.
All four carbs on the other hand looked quite clean on the inside. The jets are currently soaking in carb cleaner, the main assemblies were thoroughly sprayed out. Accidentally sprayed one of the vacuum boots, so I hope the cleaner doesn't eat it
I guess getting a compression gauge would be next on the agenda?
Here are cylinders #1 thru #4 after the carbs were removed, looking in through the intake manifold.
Cylinder #1
Cylinder #2
Cylinder #3
Cylinder #4
We didn't try to start the bike today, but we did remove the spark plugs. They look like this (cylinder #1 on the left to #4 on the right)
Whatever the hell is in cylinder #1, it looked dry and dusty brown, which was also how the spark plug looked.
All four carbs on the other hand looked quite clean on the inside. The jets are currently soaking in carb cleaner, the main assemblies were thoroughly sprayed out. Accidentally sprayed one of the vacuum boots, so I hope the cleaner doesn't eat it
I guess getting a compression gauge would be next on the agenda?
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