Recent content by amkxxx

Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that I solved my problem. I took my carbs off, disassembled them to pieces and gave them a nice long bath in 5 liters of vinegar. Afterwards I cleaned everything with carb cleaner, reassembled them, set up and voilà! My bike has never ran better. Thank you...

Thanks, thats very helpful!

Hi my bike runs poorly after rebuild. I've had some doubts when installing and timing camshaft. The manual says:"Turn the crankshaft so that alternator rotor "LT" mark aligns with the timing mark. Then position the camshaft so that the locating pin faces upwards" I didn't find a locating pin...

I did compression test and it was around 10 bar on both cylinders. If it's not firing right do you think I should start with checking the ignition timing?

do you have a source of that information? I have only discussed it with some people and also I found a cam that is from xs400 thats supposed to have 38hp and is not dohc

Yes I did sync them, but maybe I'll do it again. I remember that when syncing when I added throttle, a pointer of one of manometers was going nice up and down, while the other was kind of lazy. what does that tell you?

Yes it's true that the right plug looks different, even though all the settings are the same for both of them. I cleaned both of them 10 km before taking this picture. Any suggestions what to do next?

No, it is OHC

Here are pictures of my plugs and the rest of stuff. Still can't get it to work.

Hi guys, I own 27hp 1981 xs400 se and I'm thinking of buying a camshaft from 38hp version. Will it take some more modifications to ulock 38hp?

Yes, these are exactly the ones I have. By "gasket" you mean a square shaped seal, not the valve needle, am I correct? Anyhow I measured 32mm as on the picture, without the square shaped seal, and the cover got stuck with the floats when I screwed it on. Here's one additional picture...

Thank you xschris. Unfortunately it was as I expected - 32mm is not right for my floats. They were ridiculously bent. I couldn't even remove the gasket once I installed it. There was no point in trying to install the carbs. I also tried bending them to 26mm. Resulted in carbs overflowing and a...

I've read the topic on confusing float height but I didn't find it conclusive, some people suggested 22/21 mm height. to achieve 32mm height I'd have to bend the floats really a lot, should I worry about that?

can't post a photo of plugs right now, but by 'fine' I meant dark brown color. I'll post a photo asap. Also I could've made a mistake, the original main jet was probably 134 or 132, not 128. I think changing main jets to bigger reduced the choking a little but the difference is so small I may be...

my spark plugs look fine. but i still get choking and engine stops when idle. My exhausts are untouched too. I tried switching back to the original air filters and i was surprised to find that now choking is much worse, I can barely ride. My floating level is set to 1mm below chamber, I cleaned...