Wilsons Sandbox

On May 30, 2006, at 1:09 PM, wanderrider wrote:

> Any suggestions to revive a dead klr (a17)lying outdoors for over a > year (incl. Winter).

You'd be half-way to buying a used (running) KLR by the time the dealer's done with ya'. Check the water levels in the battery and refill each cell with distilled water as necessary. Stick the battery on a battery charger and see if it'll hold a charge. If you're lucky, it might. Otherwise, you're looking at a new battery. Your next task (below) will be a good test of your battery. I'll assume that the fuel didn't have any stabilizer in it, so you'll want to drain all the old fuel and put some fresh fuel in there. You'll also want to drain the carb float bowl to get any junk out of there. I'd recommend adding SeaFoam to the fuel to try and clean up the carb chemically. If you're lucky the SeaFoam will clean up your jets and you won't have to disassemble the carb to clean it. Note that once you get some fresh fuel with the SeaFoam in it into the carb you may need to let the carb soak overnight and let the SeaFoam do its work before the bike will start. Once you get the motor running, change all the fluids (oil, brake, fork, coolant) and the oil filter. Change the tires (and use fresh tubes) if they're cracked and rotted like you say. Lube your clutch, throttle and speedo cables (Cable Life is a decent lube; WD-40 isn't). That'll keep ya' busy for a few weekends. -- Blake Sobiloff http://sobiloff.typepad.com/> San Jose, CA (USA)

>My dilemma is that I have yet to find the >remaining Doohickey piece >(or pieces) or the missing tang on the >spring.

Pieces usually end up in the oil pump pick-up strainer. HIH Norm