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Rebuild not starting?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by Christopher, Sep 24, 2018.

  1. Christopher

    Christopher New Member

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    Okay... so I’m rebuilding a bike.
    Got the brakes done, electrical, etc.

    Me and my buddy got it stared using starting fluid right now with choke on full. It has compression, spark, and I’m using a makeshift gas tank so I don’t have to deal with the vacuum petcock

    It’s not starting now at all without starting fluid. Any suggestions on what I should do?

    It’s a 1980 Yamaha Xj650 Maxim.
     
    Christopher, Sep 24, 2018
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    Jetfixer Well-Known Member

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    Yes have you taken carbs to church? If it will not start without starting fluid , choke will not work properly , you will have to pull carbs and remove float bowls. Go to the top of page click xj4ever read the information overload hour lots of good info.
     
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    Yeah, I did a thorough cleaning on absolutely everything.. I'm thinking I didn't set the floats right.
     
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    Flip carbs over ,pull bowls measure from the flange of carb body at rear of float , should measure 17mm height ,this good starting point , you should wet set carbs to get it right.
     
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