CockneyRick
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8 hours ago, Michaelheyes said:
I’m having problems with fuel coming out of a breather pipe on the right side carb. No matter what position the fuel tap is in it keep flowing with engine off or on.. is this a new fuel tap required ?1978 GS1000
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
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Admittedly i have replaced the cap this time, & fuel has enough for Res anyway. I'll play a bit more tomorrow.
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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?
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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?
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Excellent cheers, eblag for a reg/rec i go
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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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2 hours ago, Swiss Toni said:
Or ‘Vintage’!
Or "Has Patina"
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Captive nut is underneath. I had the fairing fitted like this but took it off doing some work.
Just tried to refit & the fairing seems to fit easier above the stay.
Problem with that is, none of the mid fairing holes to engine rubber mounts line up anymore, so may have no choice but to put the fairing below!
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The bottom stay that has holes in & sticks forward. In the pic the fairing is under it.
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Does the front stay on the fairing mount go above or below the lower lip of the top nose fairing?
Aftermarket one so no holes or guides!
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3 minutes ago, CockneyRick said:
Had a new HD fitted on laptop, i'll have to search around to find pics!
This...
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On 3/9/2022 at 5:46 PM, Bubba1135 said:
Got a pic mate
Had a new HD fitted on laptop, i'll have to search around to find pics!
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On 3/5/2022 at 2:48 PM, Bubba1135 said:
I'm up in Cumbria so will look him up, thanks.
He's the guy who did my one off (yoshi copy) exhaust with flat collector on my GS quite a few years back. All S/S & i had it ceracoated after
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3 hours ago, Spirit said:
CockneyRick, been offline a while during the plague. Did you find that you have a set of those gears?
No, used the last set on my Efe sorry
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I've either used a centre punch, or a narrow flathead to lever the head end away from the post( you have a gap there ready to do that), thus pulling the tight point from the other post.
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On 5/28/2020 at 5:38 PM, CockneyRick said:
All the bolts are correct length. Only 1 bolt has the dowty washer on & that goes to the RH rear hole which i have checked. The central bolt does not have one, but i have decided to put copper washers on every one of the bolts. I also renewed to AN outlet Dowtys at the front too, & i annealed the sump washer before reusing it.
I also checked the sump on glass & it does have a very tiny warp on. I'm hoping the cleaned surfaces, gasket & red Hylomar with a solid tightening sequence will cure it. If not, i'll be looking for another one.
It was warped & soon as i replaced it, the leaks stopped.
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So what's best way of lowering a 750 then?
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So in theory a 750 cushion on an 1100 frame will drop it 40mm?
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Got a 6sigma jet kit for GSX1100F carbs. Destructions say to drill out slide lift holes, however it also says do not drill needle hole (obviously) & any new holes. So i have drilled out the very tiny hole to one side of needle hole & left the other side that's blanked untouched. Everything in description inc pics references holes (plural) however given the size increase with 1 hole, i would imagine 2 holes would be way too much. Does this sound right?
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Not a clue, was 4 years ago
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2 hours ago, Gixer1460 said:
Nice one CR - what bike is it from? The description on the Red / Black makes sense with the switch link to the neutral wire / plug now!
Originally got it for a wiring setup on the GSX1100F CDI. Pretty sure it covers a host of others too though
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This might help
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B12 Mk1 fronty in mine. Stem swap & done! Back wheel is a Busa with a lot of fettling
Originally had a K series fronty in, but looked too modern.
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Fuel tap issues?
in Air Cooled
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As for mine, totally failed tap, swapped with a spare & all is good now