WAYWARD 1998 944SS - NEEDS HELP

[Speeddog]

Don't cut up those demonic carbs, just give 'em to me.

I'll even pay shipping.

[koko64]

I'll pay shipping to Australia, and hire a Priest.

[Brid]

Do I hear a cheer from the balcony? Thanks Tony - I'm chuffed we got to a bit of chatting 

[koko64]

Cheers.

[Howie]

Yay!!!  Glad all is finally working.

Unless there is something wrong with the castings those carbs can be fixed.

[Brid]

Yay!!!  Glad all is finally working.

Unless there is something wrong with the castings those carbs can be fixed.

Howie - thanks for the nod! I've never had such a frustrating problem, and this is NOT my first rodeo  . But - along the way, I did discover a lot more stuff that needed addressing, and of course - the bike is so much happier now. If I had any C4 -- there would be a big bang outside the shop tonight, and someone a half mile away would find some melted FCR's in their garden tomorrow. But - I'll discuss it with the owner, who may want to just stick them in the Ultrasonic cleaner for a week, buy a new fuel rail, and sell them! Thanks for the help 

[Brid]

To all those interested in the carbs -----? The rest of the installation kit is in the box - again, unopened (bellmouths, adaptor & funnel kit) It's really up to the owner, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a job for them. What do you think would be a fair price? Not a mark on the carbs - just need a new fuel rail.
Only reason I'm asking is - I'm getting sunburned, stood on the side of the Freeway - just waiting for a Mack truck to come close enough for me to slip them under the wheel - and, it's already 45 minutes past beer o'clock   

[greenmonster]

 

[Brid]

THE END?
The owner rode it away, and home (around 12 miles or so) on Sunday, and said it never missed a beat, revved freely - and had far more power than it ever had before! So - I guess we got it pretty close  He'll give it more of a run, once it has license tags, and let me know how the plugs are looking - and of anything else it needs. Looking Good Lucy 

[koko64]

 

[Brid]

Back at ya mate 

[koko64]

I wonder if the bad carbs had crook floats or blocked jnternal passages.

[Brid]

I wonder if the bad carbs had crook floats or blocked jnternal passages.

The floats were good Tony, not crook at all. I'm beginning to wonder if there is a piece of production swarf floating around in one of them? I had a new VM Mikuni one time, that just wouldn't respond to any mixture screw adjustments, and sent it back under warranty -- it wouldn't idle under about 2 grand or so. Never did find out what was wrong with it - and never test rode the bike, so I don't know how it would have affected the overall performance. Those carbs were sh*tty when the bike came in, having sat for about a year with our pi*s poor petrol (with over 10% ethanol - which has bloody water in it!) but, after ultrasonic cleaning, looked grouse - and I was tickled they looked so good. I mean -- c'mon, they are a rather sexy looking after all. But -- it just shows you that you can't take anything for granted - and the li'l bastids led me on a long chase - whilst just quietly sitting there like little sex pots    Of course, they are way out of any warranty period, so - all the moolah for getting it sussed was down to me just not giving up, and the customer understands the BS I went through. I stock a few Mikuni carbs, and - had it not been such a special 'set up'  - would have definitely tried different carbs (had it been a side draft situation) At around $1K USD for the kit, it's not something I keep 'on the shelf', as I don't get too many Ducks in (mainly Jap/Italian/Brit) and it's so bloody fortunate that the customer had another complete NOS kit, or I may have gone worse bankrupt than I am  What good comes out of it all --? Well - I've met (and pestered!) a good few folks here, that I'm very grateful to, for any help I got -- AND, it's another one in the 'book' of quare problems you encounter ----- when you can't plug a computer in and suss the thing out! There is a bit of a possibility the customer may take the bike to our local track - and we can give it a good thrashing, and get it fine tuned --- AND, I may even get some laps in