Is this the dreaded DAR??

[DWNUNDR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_3AsMFKf34&feature=youtu.be

has sounded bad since all the other stuff has gone wrong... ie: running like crap....

trying to get it going after winter I was using the starter a lot... I think maybe I damaged it?!?!?!?!?

[Mustang]

you are NOT running on all three cylinders at idle

either you have still failed at getting the carbs sorted or you have coil problems

[Mustang]

have you removed the pilot jets and cleaned ?
not the pilot screws but the jets themselves
have you replaced the orings on the float assemblies ?
how many miles on bike?

fly me , I'll buy it .fix it and ride it home to NH. (even though it's not the cool black ones)

[DWNUNDR]

i took everything that screws out out.... cleaned, ran drill bits by hand, high pressure air thru, ultrasonic cleaning, ran a ox torch cleaning file/bit thru every passage that I could, sprayed it thoroughly with carb cleaner........  didnt change o-rings on fuel bowl...

I also have spark on all three coils... though it was only checked with a screwdriver to ground to see if spark was happening... so I dont know what else to do... seriously...  any hints...

it is just shy of 27K on the clock... not sure what history is with the bike.. I got it with around 24K on it



I even sealed up joints on side air boxes, tightened exhaust bolts, checked oil levels,



Oh and it would be cheaper to light a match then fly you out hahahah but looking at it I cant do that... I do like it.. just not right now..

[DWNUNDR]

MUSTANG:


so I went and lifted the tank... started teh bike and took of a connector off of each coil... the 2 ont eh right side stalled the bike.. the one on the left made no difference.. so I would deduct the coil is bad...

though when I checked with a screwdriver the other day before all the carb cleaning there was spark at the plug end on all three?!?!


edit:  just re-checked and cyl 1 although if I disconnect the coil nothing changes it still has spark when plug is pulled and fired up... good spark...

Is there any chance of removing #2 plug while motor is in bike???

[DWNUNDR]

replaced plugs...

no change...!


next step is I am going to switch coil pack places... see if the noise appears to move....


seems to get spark on all 3 but only 2 coil packs have an effect when a wire is disconnected....

[Solon]

My bike runs fine, but, when playing with coil,  the same happens: when I disconnect the coil that goes to the first cylinder in the left, it seems to have no effect on the engine, while removing any of the other two causes a significant change in its smoothness or kills it. I replaced, in turns, the coils with the set I have on my other Tiger, and the same happens.
So I suppose it is normal that removing coil no. 1 has no evident effect on the way the engine runs, unlike the other two. I wonder why this happens?

[DWNUNDR]

dang it.. then that leaves me no where hahaha


maybe it's still a carb issue... I do not know how I can clean these any more....


I just got excited over my bike again yesterday and today... I am ready to burn it in the back yard....

[DWNUNDR]

well switch coils around... no real noticeable difference... but now its not as loud.... the clacking.. I mean there is some of that which almost sounds like it normally does.. so I guess the thing left to do is go for a ride and see if it runs...

[Mustang]

the coils are probably good .

do you have a carb stick or means to synch the three carbs by vacuum setting ?

[DWNUNDR]

nope...

another question is I see many times here and on other posts that the pilots should be 1.5-2 turns but there was suggestion of something else that needed turing? or did I just read it wrong?

[threepot]

Worth taking carbs off,check that the spring under the diaphragm cap is located ok. My bike ran like that after a carb strip-down..spring wasn't located right. Worth a look? Check the diaphragms too.

[ssevy]

To check for spark, why not take a spare plug, attach it to the coil you are checking and be sure it is grounded? Leave the other one in the head where it belongs. I always use this method to check the spark on my Farmall Cub; don't know why it wouldn't work here?

[DWNUNDR]

ssevy:  spark was checked with a screwdriver the same way... it conducts spark... also I had no spare plugs that fit :(


I did have one spring all messed up in the diaphragm and I fixed that one... the needle was all the way up... I actually woke up this morning thinking... I wonder if that is causing an issue when I put it back... I think I can get that one out while on teh bike... might check it today

[Henry James]

have you checked compression.  You may need to adjust your intake valves.