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Leaky carbs
Laverda Dave:
Andy, have you run the engine since rebuilding the carbs? I (and others) have suffered similar problems after rebuilding the carbs with new valves etc. Try running the engine for a while and the dribbles may stop, they did on mine. Nothing more frustrating than continuing to remove and strip the carbs!
AndyD:
Oddjob,
I agree the FD is a lovely looking bike and can't wait to get stuck into restoring this one.
Bought it almost 10 years ago from the original owner who'd started replacing the fork seals in the late 80's, given up and left it in the garage ever since.
Pic attached shows her on arrival with just some front end bits missing (all in boxes), second pic shows her now having been pulled from her slumber in a slightly damp shed in my garden so more surface rust than when I bought her.
Paintwork is really good and I've got a new 4-2 exhaust (chrome not black sadly) to go on so hopefully can get her back to pretty original state.
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Cheers,
Andy
AndyD:
Thanks Dave,
You may well be right - I haven't put the carbs on at all yet, hoping to make sure they didn't leak before trying to.
Not sure how hard the 400 ones are to get on and off but with other bikes it's been one of the most awkward, annoying and sweary jobs so I hoped (probably hugely optimistically) to get away with doing it once.
I ordered the carb repair kits from DSS last night so will give new float valves a go for starters.
One thing I noticed was that the 4 float pins varied hugely in how springy they were so maybe have had a hard life and are a bit tired.
Cheers,
Andy
Laverda Dave:
Is that YOUR shed :'( :'( :'( :'(
AndyD:
Dave,
'Had' to build the garage a few years ago mainly because the sheds were too full of 'projects' and there was nowhere to keep the shiny finished ones.
Of course as soon as I got more space temptation took over so now the garage is also filling up - and the sheds are still packed!
Luckily have an understanding wife!
Cheers,
Andy
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