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Yonuh Adisi FSO

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Bike won't start after new tank install
02/06/07 at 10:41:40

I got a problem, I installed a new/used tank and now the bike won't start. It cranks and cranks but won't fire up. I checked plug, (not fouled) I have checked for clogs in fuel line, (none), and I just took carb off and checked to see if jets were clogged, (they were'nt)

I remember someone else had had the same problem but I can't find the post, can someone please help asap.

Next I'm gonna check to see if timing slipped.

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Bike won't start after new tank install Reply #1 - 02/06/07 at 11:16:08 Do you have a completely different petc0ck? I'm wondering if maybe you have a petc0ck that is not vacuum actuated. If so, did you ensure you connected the fuel line and not the vacuum line? If the petc0ck is vacuum actuated, did you ensure the lines weren't accidentally swapped?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Bike won't start after new tank install Reply #2 - 02/06/07 at 11:21:31 Try in prime, try with gas cap off. Is the bowl dry? Try the old tank.
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Re: Bike won't start after new tank install
Reply #3 - 02/06/07 at 11:28:28

Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:

I got a problem, I installed a new/used tank and now the bike won't start. It cranks and cranks but won't fire up. I checked plug, (not fouled) I have checked for clogs in fuel line, (none), and I just took carb off and checked to see if jets were clogged, (they were'nt)

I remember someone else had had the same problem but I can't find the post, can someone please help asap.

Next I'm gonna check to see if timing slipped.

Ah, timing doesn't slip.

If you turn the petc0ck to PRI with the fuel line off the carb, does gas come out?

If you open the bowl drain screw at the bottom of the carb, does gas come out?

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Bike won't start after new tank install Reply #4 - 02/06/07 at 11:36:48 And check your battery! I had a problem on cold mornings. It had enough to turn it over, and it had enough to run it. But it didn't have enough to turn it over and run it. But I did learn to push start it!
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Bike won't start after new tank install Reply #5 - 02/06/07 at 14:13:27 Figured it out, it was the spark plug after all. Installed new plug and now fires right up. I used the petc0ck off of the old tank, the one on new tank was froze up..
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: Bike won't start after new tank install Reply #6 - 02/06/07 at 14:17:04 A happy ending
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Bike won't start after new tank install Reply #7 - 02/06/07 at 14:52:36 Savage_Greg wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02: A happy ending Very much so. Went ahead and did spark plug door mod while I had tank off.
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