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What is this - Picture

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:34 pm
by Animammel
Bike struggling to start. been over every small thing, rebuilt entire motor, new crank, new head and TDC all set up. Carb completely rebuilt - all in good condition and clean.

So, I get spark, Float bowls fill up but not getting petrol into the cylinders - Im getting no suck and thats not much fun.

What are these things and would they probably be my apparent downfall?

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This is the old head- seem to have been blanked and now I have another head and see shiny nipple valves :) I would assume that would have something to do with compression and vacuum?

Thanks guys
Chris

Re: What is this - Picture

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:40 pm
by RedexRobB
Your meant to have pipes that connect the two inner and two outer spiggots. Weather they are causing your starting problem im not sure.

Re: What is this - Picture

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:59 pm
by MrLuke
As above, there should be nipples there with pipes connecting them. This is what mine looks like:

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When I left one of the pipes off once it ran horribly. Connected it back up and it ran great, so that might be your problem :smt002

Re: What is this - Picture

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:23 pm
by banner001
you will need to access them holes when you come to balance your carbs as well...

Re: What is this - Picture

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:19 pm
by Animammel
Great stuff, the other head has them.

Ive noticed your main fuel line into in the centre of all the carbs and another two pipes on either side of the main line between each carb ----- ( )/( )!( )\( )

/ \ being the two extra pipes if you guys understand that and ! is the main fuel line. what are those extra pipes for?

Re: What is this - Picture

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:18 am
by banner001
do you mean the two (usually orange) pipes that are connected to the carbs? - they are fuel overflow pipes.

Re: What is this - Picture

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:32 pm
by Animammel
Ok cool. Wanting to know as much as possible.

Thanks