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Right hand coil was disconnected, the spade connector had popped out.
Hi, having some problems running my 1995 GSE after taking the tank off!
It seems the seals between airbox, carb and engine are fine.
Bike is not acting like it's low on fuel by "dying" as such, it's a consistant loss of power., there's no spluttering when under load and putting the tap on prime does nothing to solve the problem (So we can rule out a kinked vacuum tube)
All fuel pipes seem correctly routed and connected, I've bunged a full tank of unleaded in the bike.
Basically it will rev up til about 6k, and then has real problems going past that. Acceleration of the bike up until about 6k is really slow and even when the bike is in neutral it takes a while for the revs to build up.
There's quite a throaty burble when revving the bike up now (Sounds mean!)
My top speed is about 50mph, there is no pull on the throttle, I can yank it to the stop and the revs build up a little but there's no real pull in the bike.
Right, here's what I did.
Removed fuel tank
Pulled hoses from under tank after turning main petcock off
Sprayed ACF50 on the choke mechanism to free it up while wiggling the choke lever back and forth
Reconnected spade connector to left hand coil (I think I deffo pulled this off during the fuel tank removal process)
Tried to fix my wiring loom hanging out problem by trying to pull the loom back a bit
Worried about the tube coming from carb t-piece (Not worried now, it's just a breather, which has now been positioned correctly).
I'd say the first thing to check is that you turned the tank mounted petcock back on all the way... so the slot is straight up and down. If this is off by even a bit it will restrict fuel flow.
Quote from: manofthefield on March 29, 2007, 05:37:11 AM
I'd say the first thing to check is that you turned the tank mounted petcock back on all the way... so the slot is straight up and down. If this is off by even a bit it will restrict fuel flow.
Tried that already, I've had the tank off about 4 times :D
check and make sure your fuel lines arnt pinched or kincked up by the tank, ihad the same problem but only with the petcock on ON so i lifted the tank and noticed my fuel hose was pinched i didnt see that when i was putting it back on :icon_rolleyes:.
good luck hope it worls out for you
Could it be you only have one cylinder firing?
Hi,
I accidentally knocked one of the spade connectors off of the left hand coil removing the tank.
I put that back on, and that's when my problems reoccurred.
Had the tank off, went to Halfords today and bought new plugs and carb cleaner.
Took the old plugs off and realised one wasn't firing, so I replaced both the plugs and the right hand one still wasn't firing.
I'd only gone and knocked the spade connector off of the RIGHT hand coil when PUTTING BACK the tank :(
Thanks,
T