Hi Everyone, Thanks for looking
This 95 XP was just rebuilt by the previous owner, who wasn't the greatest mechanic, but hey, hindsight is 20/20. Anyhow, It seemed to run pretty good, but while out for a day of riding at the beginning of this season, my buddy flipped it, and swapped it a little, and then when trying to restart (which it never liked to do after flipping it) the starter became weaker and weaker and then quit, as if the battery were dead. It was also having electrical issues at the time, so the battery dying didn't make me think twice it may have been water ingestion. So, we towed it back with the other machine and it was a sunday afternoon so we took the battery out put it on the trickle charger and went home. Came back the next weekend and put the fully charged battery in and it still wouldn't turn over.
So I took the plugs out, cranked it and then it rained down rusty water all around me. So I dragged the machine machine back to the boat launch and brought it back to the garage and began inspecting. And quickly find that the 3 bolts that hold the tuned pipe to the manifold are sitting in the bottom of bilge. I guess a little loctite was too expensive for someone, and it ended up costing me a whole new crankshaft and top end (stock size new brp cylinders and wsm pistons).
But now after finally getting it back together. rebuilding carbs, replacing the fuel system, I could tell immediately it was running lean, i finally had to set the h.s screw nearly a full turn out on both carbs before it was running properly. All the mating surfaces were thoroughly cleaned and new gaskets installed, leak tested with the quickstart method.
I noted the original high and low speed screw settings when i cleaned and rebuilt the carbs but that was back in july and have long since thrown out the scrap i scribbled it on, but if my memory serves me correctly it was l.s 1 1/2 and h.s 1/4
So I guess my question is why would i need to deviate soo far from the stock settings?
This 95 XP was just rebuilt by the previous owner, who wasn't the greatest mechanic, but hey, hindsight is 20/20. Anyhow, It seemed to run pretty good, but while out for a day of riding at the beginning of this season, my buddy flipped it, and swapped it a little, and then when trying to restart (which it never liked to do after flipping it) the starter became weaker and weaker and then quit, as if the battery were dead. It was also having electrical issues at the time, so the battery dying didn't make me think twice it may have been water ingestion. So, we towed it back with the other machine and it was a sunday afternoon so we took the battery out put it on the trickle charger and went home. Came back the next weekend and put the fully charged battery in and it still wouldn't turn over.
So I took the plugs out, cranked it and then it rained down rusty water all around me. So I dragged the machine machine back to the boat launch and brought it back to the garage and began inspecting. And quickly find that the 3 bolts that hold the tuned pipe to the manifold are sitting in the bottom of bilge. I guess a little loctite was too expensive for someone, and it ended up costing me a whole new crankshaft and top end (stock size new brp cylinders and wsm pistons).
But now after finally getting it back together. rebuilding carbs, replacing the fuel system, I could tell immediately it was running lean, i finally had to set the h.s screw nearly a full turn out on both carbs before it was running properly. All the mating surfaces were thoroughly cleaned and new gaskets installed, leak tested with the quickstart method.
I noted the original high and low speed screw settings when i cleaned and rebuilt the carbs but that was back in july and have long since thrown out the scrap i scribbled it on, but if my memory serves me correctly it was l.s 1 1/2 and h.s 1/4
So I guess my question is why would i need to deviate soo far from the stock settings?
