jrrkulp
Mad Hatter
I started a different thread on here almost two years ago when I bought this 1981 Special II.
Pic #1 Shows how it looked when I bought it.
Pic #2 Shows how it looked before I dumped it on a bad corner and separated my shoulder.
My accident was at the end of the riding season in 1012. Since I was a little scared to ride after the accident, I decided to do a frame up customization. Well not so scared that I didn't pick the bike up, put the tank back on [leaking gas and all] and ride the 25 miles to work. [My phone was dead and I was late]
Anyway pic #3 Is how it looked that year, and #4 is my repaint of the engine. [Usine engine enamel instead of the POs flat black crap.]
I worked on it during the winter of '12-'13 Then life got complicated and it sat.
A few weeks ago, my wife let me drag it all upstairs into our apartment living room [No electric in the shed, and no heat when its 0F outside lol]
Pic #5 as it sits.
So now I'm just trying to get it to run, badly or not, so I can pull the motor again and start work on the frame. Annoyingly no such luck. In a few minutes I'm going to try with new gas and switching the coils [If that works I'm going to be so pissed].
Things I've done to try to get ignition.
1. Reset valve timing exactly where it was, and adjusted valve lash
2. Eyeballed the pickup coil, notch lined up with tab. [Anyone know how theirs is set?]
3. Cleaned carbs, several times.
4. Checked spark, it was weak, recharged battery, looks good now.
5. My el-cheapo compression tester reads 60 dry 65-70 wet, [starter motor] but I've heard bad things about the type I got, so I'm hoping the gauge is just crap.
6. I know I need to reset the carb floats as I've always had overflow, but I need a new caliper and I don't have a vehicle to get one at the moment.
7. I have had my air filters off as clearances are a bit off. [IK thats bad, but I doubt this is the cause]
8. The stock harness wasn't working so I made a Frankenstein Test harness. It seems to be doing all right, but just to be sure I'm running zero gain and a battery charger.
So what I'm getting is a consistent pop, which bumps my carbs out of the boots and releases some lovely fumes into my living room [Tried starting fluid, bigger bang]. My plugs don't look wet, So I don't think I flooded.
tl;dr If switching plugs fixes things I'm going to be eminently pissed at all the wiring diagrams I've seen.
Pic #1 Shows how it looked when I bought it.
Pic #2 Shows how it looked before I dumped it on a bad corner and separated my shoulder.
My accident was at the end of the riding season in 1012. Since I was a little scared to ride after the accident, I decided to do a frame up customization. Well not so scared that I didn't pick the bike up, put the tank back on [leaking gas and all] and ride the 25 miles to work. [My phone was dead and I was late]
Anyway pic #3 Is how it looked that year, and #4 is my repaint of the engine. [Usine engine enamel instead of the POs flat black crap.]
I worked on it during the winter of '12-'13 Then life got complicated and it sat.
A few weeks ago, my wife let me drag it all upstairs into our apartment living room [No electric in the shed, and no heat when its 0F outside lol]
Pic #5 as it sits.
So now I'm just trying to get it to run, badly or not, so I can pull the motor again and start work on the frame. Annoyingly no such luck. In a few minutes I'm going to try with new gas and switching the coils [If that works I'm going to be so pissed].
Things I've done to try to get ignition.
1. Reset valve timing exactly where it was, and adjusted valve lash
2. Eyeballed the pickup coil, notch lined up with tab. [Anyone know how theirs is set?]
3. Cleaned carbs, several times.
4. Checked spark, it was weak, recharged battery, looks good now.
5. My el-cheapo compression tester reads 60 dry 65-70 wet, [starter motor] but I've heard bad things about the type I got, so I'm hoping the gauge is just crap.
6. I know I need to reset the carb floats as I've always had overflow, but I need a new caliper and I don't have a vehicle to get one at the moment.
7. I have had my air filters off as clearances are a bit off. [IK thats bad, but I doubt this is the cause]
8. The stock harness wasn't working so I made a Frankenstein Test harness. It seems to be doing all right, but just to be sure I'm running zero gain and a battery charger.
So what I'm getting is a consistent pop, which bumps my carbs out of the boots and releases some lovely fumes into my living room [Tried starting fluid, bigger bang]. My plugs don't look wet, So I don't think I flooded.
tl;dr If switching plugs fixes things I'm going to be eminently pissed at all the wiring diagrams I've seen.
