desert_max
Well-Known Member
OK guys, I don't have much progress to report, but I definitely might have taken a step backward.
First, I'll just say that I'm not a mechanical idiot having restored a few British roadsters and good ole American muscle cars. I've also had more than a few bikes over the years - including a '68 Norton P11 and a '71 Triumph Bonneville - both of which required a ridiculous amount of care and feeding. So, I actually do know one end of a wrench from the other.
But.... I could still screw up a fart in church.
The carbs on my '94 have obviously never been touched as the mixture screw plugs were still in place. So, I figured they had to come out - especially if I wanted to Shotgun it. Well, three came out without a hitch. The fourth? I'm not sure. First, I believe I might have drilled into the top of the mixture screw itself. If it's brass, then I believe I did. But the "bottom" that I feel might be the head of the screw is probably 3/8" shallower than the other 3. If I can expect the top of the mixture screw to be in the same relative position on all 4 cylinders, then I go drill some more. If some are deeper than others, I believe I might have jacked this one up.
I'm suspicious enough that I ain't movin' another muscle until somebody tells me that you can expect every mixture screw head to be roughly at the same depth...
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First, I'll just say that I'm not a mechanical idiot having restored a few British roadsters and good ole American muscle cars. I've also had more than a few bikes over the years - including a '68 Norton P11 and a '71 Triumph Bonneville - both of which required a ridiculous amount of care and feeding. So, I actually do know one end of a wrench from the other.
But.... I could still screw up a fart in church.
The carbs on my '94 have obviously never been touched as the mixture screw plugs were still in place. So, I figured they had to come out - especially if I wanted to Shotgun it. Well, three came out without a hitch. The fourth? I'm not sure. First, I believe I might have drilled into the top of the mixture screw itself. If it's brass, then I believe I did. But the "bottom" that I feel might be the head of the screw is probably 3/8" shallower than the other 3. If I can expect the top of the mixture screw to be in the same relative position on all 4 cylinders, then I go drill some more. If some are deeper than others, I believe I might have jacked this one up.
I'm suspicious enough that I ain't movin' another muscle until somebody tells me that you can expect every mixture screw head to be roughly at the same depth...
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