Honda-SOHC

I think that statement should be applied to all old carbs shouldn't it. He's probably just making the point that Ethanol does actually eat these carbs alive, and your tanks and fuel lines etc.

Don't think that would reflect on the standard of his work which looks top drawer.

Am going to email him later and see if he does refurbishments of a customers own carbs, and prices.

Would be good to find somebody reliable at a cheap price. I hate doing the things myself, worst part of any rebuild for me.

Definitely a 530 section. Wemoto do a good choice of kits here   http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/honda/cb_350_f/72-74/

Hi Roy........if you can, please get one for the CB750 motor as well........

That's the one I'm really after Alan. Gave up on doing mine as I couldn't find the parts and its not really bad enough to be worth doing now.
Will do yours whilst the engine is apart if Trigger can come through. Cheers Roy.

I fitted that oil pump kit too from Elan?  It works well and no oil drains into sump overnight

Do you by any chance have the details of this kit. Web address, part numbers etc. Been searching for these parts for 12 months now. Thanks.

Did the tune-up work on the 350F this afternoon.

Checked the timing with a strobe lamp and it required no adjustments at all. With the engine warmed the tickover was at a steady 1100rpm. Vac gauges on and the picture tells the story. Just a very minor increase required on cylinder 1. Guess the static settings I did were pretty good.

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Had a ridiculous last minute problem that has caused some minor damage to the plastic bulb holder on the 'idiot light' console. I got four new bulbs from DSS that fitted perfectly. They should be 3W at 12 V, the ones they sent me (that stupidly I didn't check) were 3W at 6V. They got so hot they melted the bulb holder. So changed the bulbs for 12V items and its good for now. Got new parts on the way, not too bothered as the harness was a bit tatty anyway. Caused a lot of smoke though. I should have guessed something was wrong as the indicators flashed too fast, that's right now.

It should be finished tomorrow with a bit of luck.

Wonder what he'd take for the Hoover?

As you can see, it started that fast it took me by surprise.

I was expecting to have to crank it for a while (although I did crank it with the cutout switch off to prime it a bit). Still got to strobe the timing and check the advancer, then balance the carbs. Was very surprised it settled to a very steady 1000rpm tickover without any adjustment whatsoever. I don't think its going to require very much tweeking to get it spot on. Think I may have got the carb rebuild correct second time around.

It's a bit quieter than I was expecting. It sounds on the video like its noisy but that's the camera's mike inside a concrete garage. There is absolutely no mechanical noise from the engine at all. That was the biggest surprise after doing two 750's that rattle like a bag of spanners.

Tank and seat next, them polish off all the millions of oily hand marks. Will post some pictures of the finished thing soon.

Cheers all.

Its really starting to look stunning now. Cant wait to see the finished bike.
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