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An electric knife cuts through that foam like a hot knife through butter.

I concur with CaptChrome. Check to see if the 2 alignment sleeve dowels are there, they can fall out when handling the parts.

https://www.ebay.ca/usr/dream305 I bought my '78 and '80 XS400 rings and seals from this guy, he's based in Vancouver For other items check out Parts n More from eastern Canada and FortNine another Canadian distributor.

Great that you were able to install an aftermarket module! Any chance of posting the product number and info for future reference?:cheers:

Steve this is an awesome write up on repairing the TCI Kudos to you

I would check if I ran out of fuel in the tank, been there done that!

Taking a closer look at the carbs in the bath it looks like the shafts are out:cheers:

Did you remove the throttle shafts and seals?

Ha ha ha ha ha, thanks, you made my day!

Did you check the torque of the nuts?

Looks like your head gasket is weeping.

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That's correct, the oil pressure switch is what puts out the OIL light that's displayed in the pilot box. The switch is located on the LS of engine just below the neutral switch. You would need to get an oil pressure test gauge with a metric fitting/adapter, remove the oil pressure switch and...

Too bad you're on the other side of the rock pile, lol

Hey Ben You can crank the engine with a 12V battery and booster cables, +ve to starter cable, -ve to ground - use the ground as your "switch". Remove the plugs and take a compression test. I would also hook up a manual oil pressure gauge in place of the OEM sending unit to visually see the oil...