xs400neophite
XS400 Addict
Today I was able to get the pivot pins out and cleaned the needles,filters and orifices out. There was good amount of debris in there but probly not enough to starv the fuel supply. I measured the float height, upside down from the top(bottom ) of the float to the edge of the(top) of the float bowl. The tangs had never been messed with as they were in line with the rest on the float arms..the floats measured about 22mm from high point of float to housing. I adjusted to 26/27 + - 1mm just to see if that did anything.The Haynes manual said 32mm but that did not seem right. The floats had no boyancy at all.
The pet cock is seemingly becoming more of a possible culprit aswell as the butterfly sync as I havnt delved into either.
When I started the bike up again, as it did last time when I cleaned the carbs,it took alot of trys to finally get it to start. The battery ran down so I had to charge it but was able to get it started. I noticed when I moved the bike,more spcificly leaned it toward the right side,there was a jump in idle. Dont know if that is significant or also points toward the petcock.I dont believe the vaccum hose is pinched or is leaking but will dbl check.More investigating and cleaning tomorrow and begin messing with the sync screw and see if she wont idle with no choke.
Tell me more of this muffler cement!! I dont care what it will look like as both holes are on the bottom and you cannot see it at all. I posted pics of my mufflers on a previous thread. Honestly you cannot see the rust and holes at all! I thought of lucite for those holes but muffler cement sounds more appropriate.
Those burn rings in the right carb are probly from oil in the chamber? I will have to deal with the head gasket soon too. Also the right side seems to be noisy compared to the left side, also probly not a good sign. All that overheating on that side may be doing parts in...ugh! Thanks for your help. I will keep you posted.
The pet cock is seemingly becoming more of a possible culprit aswell as the butterfly sync as I havnt delved into either.
When I started the bike up again, as it did last time when I cleaned the carbs,it took alot of trys to finally get it to start. The battery ran down so I had to charge it but was able to get it started. I noticed when I moved the bike,more spcificly leaned it toward the right side,there was a jump in idle. Dont know if that is significant or also points toward the petcock.I dont believe the vaccum hose is pinched or is leaking but will dbl check.More investigating and cleaning tomorrow and begin messing with the sync screw and see if she wont idle with no choke.
Tell me more of this muffler cement!! I dont care what it will look like as both holes are on the bottom and you cannot see it at all. I posted pics of my mufflers on a previous thread. Honestly you cannot see the rust and holes at all! I thought of lucite for those holes but muffler cement sounds more appropriate.
Those burn rings in the right carb are probly from oil in the chamber? I will have to deal with the head gasket soon too. Also the right side seems to be noisy compared to the left side, also probly not a good sign. All that overheating on that side may be doing parts in...ugh! Thanks for your help. I will keep you posted.