IhateMA
XS400 Member
So here's goes my first post.
I picked up a 1980 Special for 120 bucks. I was told by the P.O. that he had no idea the last time it ran, but it felt like it had good compression guessing by kicking it. Guy has been building track bikes and stuff for years so I trusted his judgment.
Got her home and did the normal things. Changed the oil, checked for spark, checked out some of the electrical, (found the starter clutch is bad)and cleaned the carbs.
I decided yesterday to see if I could get it running. Something to show me it's worth putting time into. So I put the carbs on and filled them with gas, hit the choke, and 3 kicks, it fired up.
So throughout the next couple hours of messing with it. Trying to get it adjusted to idle off choke, it would keep dying, I'd keep kicking it to get it running.
Finally, I kicked it about 4 times (bout the 100th time in the course of a couple hours)
to get it started back up, the kick start lever just banged further forward than it's supposed to go, and oil drained out on the ground while it was running.
Does anyone know why this would have happened, and what internally may be broken if anything?
I plan on pulling the engine out and patching the hole with some JB weld, I've done it before on lawn mowers, tractors and what not, so I know it works.
Any insight would be deeply appreciated.
I picked up a 1980 Special for 120 bucks. I was told by the P.O. that he had no idea the last time it ran, but it felt like it had good compression guessing by kicking it. Guy has been building track bikes and stuff for years so I trusted his judgment.
Got her home and did the normal things. Changed the oil, checked for spark, checked out some of the electrical, (found the starter clutch is bad)and cleaned the carbs.
I decided yesterday to see if I could get it running. Something to show me it's worth putting time into. So I put the carbs on and filled them with gas, hit the choke, and 3 kicks, it fired up.
So throughout the next couple hours of messing with it. Trying to get it adjusted to idle off choke, it would keep dying, I'd keep kicking it to get it running.
Finally, I kicked it about 4 times (bout the 100th time in the course of a couple hours)
Does anyone know why this would have happened, and what internally may be broken if anything?
I plan on pulling the engine out and patching the hole with some JB weld, I've done it before on lawn mowers, tractors and what not, so I know it works.
Any insight would be deeply appreciated.