CockneyRick

Well after a lot of assembly/disassembly trying all sorts of parts & options, it came down to the valves themselves. Tried several spares, but the ones that worked are the same as the ones above. Dunno if they're gen or copies, just 4 that i had that matched in a tray of 20 odd! Also put the Viton O rings I forgot I had on too. So when doing the external float/fuel level check, where does the level in the pipe stop? Mine currently sits about 3-4mm above the bowl to carb face. Meaning the bowl is completely full + the 3-4mm extra?

I do have lots of spares from various carbs (unfortunately not bagged & tagged) but the rubber coated ones are few & far between. Most older bikes never had these as standard, my bikes date 78, 84 & 86!

So the new kit is worse than the worn out ones!

Eblag from UK, quite possibly Chinese then!

Hydro dipped, not paint

Fuel is coming out of the pilot air jets, not leaking from anywhere else/

Any suggestions? GSX1100f engined Slabby drag bike. CV36 carbs with a Sigma6 kit fitted. No1 carb was leaking, so bought a rebuild kit comprising of valve seats, valves & seals. Set the float height at 14mm approx. bench test & now No 1-2 & 4 are leaking? I did swap valve seat seals as the ones supplied were too thick to even get them to fit in hole. Any way of testing if the fuel is getting past them perhaps? Or could the issue be elsewhere? All reactions: 11

As for mine, totally failed tap, swapped with a spare & all is good now

Easy one that, float has stuck open. Just tap bowls with small mallet or screwdriver head to hopefully free it. If not, carbs off & strip down the bowls

Admittedly i have replaced the cap this time, & fuel has enough for Res anyway. I'll play a bit more tomorrow.

Having taken tap off, stripped & U/S cleaned, then rebuilt with a new kit it has to be said it's only marginally better. Fuel flows down pipe fine on prime, but engine pops & bangs with fuel starvation on the other positions. This is all before i even get it off ramp & under load! Having done the above, could it be the vac hose/carbs are not pulling the vac open enough?

Was having trouble getting the Efe to start and eventually found the inline filter was strangling it. However in my efforts to find said issue, i used clear hose from the tap. Once i removed filter, the flow was still poor. On Prime/On/Res i got nothing, (I know 2 of 3 positions are nothing with vac taps) engine running the Res/On was enough to pull a small stream through, but not enough to fill the 8mm bore hose up. Time for a rebuild kit do you think, or a whole new tap?

Excellent cheers, eblag for a reg/rec i go

So having finally got the Efe up & running again, whilst tracing a brake switch fault back, i noticed the 3 (yellow) alternator wire covers had melted together! One in particular had gone quite black! I pulled them apart & they all are still intact & not touching eachother. Suggestions & what/where to look/test first would be appreciated

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