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Road Block

Posted in The Long Rode on May 21st, 2011 by Wade

This is a post mainly of dualities.

Good. I got some new bolts, nuts, dies, and taps in an effort to clean up the carburetor and air filter mounting plates.  Now the screw threads are clean the air filter is on with all of the bolts its supposed to have, and the carburetor is supported with the support strut.

Bad.  Now I cant choke the carb with my hand in order to for it to draw that first squirt of gas.  So far I haven’t been able to start it with the air filter on.

Good.  I’ve ridden the bike three times now.  Not more then a 1/4 mile at a time.

Bad.  The bike stalls almost immediately upon shifting into third gear.

Good.  I was able to use the timing gun and the timing hole plug in order to attempt to set the timing of the bike.

Bad.  With no tach I can’t determine what the RPM is of the engine for proper timing.  Besides even with the timing bolt window installed nether my brother nor I were able to even see the timing marks.  So maybe this means the timing is exactly 180o off or were idiots.

Good.  The front spark plug is carbon fouling.  Probably (hopefully) do to the timing being off.

Bad. The rear plug is oil fouling.  Probably do to bad rings.  There in lies the limits of the wrenching I’m willing to do on my own.

So most of the good and bad is manageable and I think easily over come.  But tearing the engine apart in order to fix the rings/bore/heads etc. is beyond my scope.  So as the post says I’ve hit a road block and will start looking for somewhere to get a 68 shovel head rebuilt.

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Marlin Rides Again

Posted in The Long Rode on May 8th, 2011 by Wade
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