Wilsons Sandbox

Well my 1989 is still not runing worth a crap. and sometimeswont start at all. I was working on it yesterday and decided that after doing the valves the problem MUST be in the carb... so I put a very small(looked like 1/32inch) washer under the needle, that diaphram is a bitch to get back in, could it be worn out? no tears in it. then I drilled out the plug so I could change the screw setting(but didn't). and tried to start it. no start, check plug, wet and very carbon covered, cleaned it and checked spark, very very weak looking. got new one, very very weak looking...and still wet! just that washer cant be making this happen could it? I am starting to suspect that the coil is going out, do you guys have a very strong or very weak(barely see it) spark? I have nothing to compare to. also, the jets were compleatly cloged with junk before I thourohgly cleaned them, should I just replace them? I installed an inline filter too. and that damn leaking petcock is not getting a third cleaning, and I cant afford to rebuild it for like 35 bucks, so I pluged the vacume tube and installed a yz 250 one- works much beter. If I can get this one running right, I will get rid of my 750 maxim. help? _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

During daylight the spark looks like it's doing a "I think I can" . Looks very weak soemtimes looks like it's not firing but it does. It could also be the plug. replace it just to be sure ($2.50).

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "L L" wrote: > > I am starting to suspect that > the coil is going out, do you guys have a very strong or very weak (barely > see it) spark? I have nothing to compare to. help? > > _________________________________________________________________

> I am starting to suspect that > the coil is going out, >

Both mega dealerships here will check your coil for free maybe the same's true in your town. They check the way it fires, not just the resistance; takes them a minute. Tell them you want to make sure it's really bad before ordering a new one. Bogdan

It is a new plug, I am going to dink with conections on the coil then try the plug cap and wire as David Gay said... It just seems realy weak to me. and my carb prob is making it flood, every time i pull the plug its clean and wet-gas. this bike sat for 6+ years in the weather with a fugled up petcock so I am afraid that one of the tinytinytiny airways are pluged internaly or something. the jets were compleatly cloged with the brown gook, I am going to replace them, cleaning might not have been enough...

>From: "kcuf_oohay_666" >To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: dont run >Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 04:20:40 -0000 > >During daylight the spark looks like it's doing a "I think I can" . >Looks very weak soemtimes looks like it's not firing but it does. It >could also be the plug. replace it just to be sure ($2.50). > > > > >--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "L L" wrote: > > > > I am starting to suspect that > > the coil is going out, do you guys have a very strong or very weak >(barely > > see it) spark? I have nothing to compare to. > help? > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ >courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html >Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: >DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

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They do that here, and I probably will get it checked before getting new plug cap and wire...

>From: "Bogdan Swider" >To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com>,"L L" >Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] dont run >Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 09:58:02 -0600 > > > > I am starting to suspect that > > the coil is going out, > > >Both mega dealerships here will check your coil for free maybe the same's >true in your town. They check the way it fires, not just the resistance; >takes them a minute. Tell them you want to make sure it's really bad >before ordering a new one. > >Bogdan

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MTS rules, they've come thru for me many times. Before cell phones, I had to walk until I could find a home or phone. Consider this, cell phones weigh less than spare tubes. And like anything else just because you have one doesn't mean you have to use it. Kawasaki's Good Times Owners Group Has roadside assistance, but I have yet to use/need it. I had my KLR on the road again for just 8 days before I picked up my 1st nail of the year. I was impressed at how well the rims held the air. If I pulled the nail I lost air, when I put it back in it held until I got home. So why does the KLR need tube? Carl alive & riding again in Brooklyn (& elsewhere) on 4/9/03 12:58 AM, DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com at DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> AAA's m'cycle towing service. Now they don't do it? > Motorcycle Touring Services at mtstowing.com was also referred by someone on > the list. I may look into MTS myself. But then I would need to carry a cell > phone with me to make any roadside assistance useful. > I hate cell phones. > Goes to show how important it is to be able to change a tube on your > own, at any time. > > The Mule