Hey guys --
This is my first post here, so hopefully i'm not out of place.
I just recently purchased a non-running 1968 CL350 (with a 1968 CB350 engine on it), and I've been slowly working on it trying to get it back up in running shape. I knew it was going to be a project, so I'm not bent out of shape from it (yet), but I just can't seem to get this thing firing correctly. Just for sake of details, it also has Mikuni VM30 carbs on it. Came on it with the bike, I have the original carbs with damaged diaphragms.
Here are the things I've done so far:
Symptoms:
Bike doesn't start, exhaust sucking in air, carbs barely sucking air.
The only thing i can think is that there's something wrong with the valves, just not sure if there's anything I should try BEFORE ripping apart the engine/taking it to someone.
It does have some form of compression that I can feel when I put my thumb over the spark plug hole and rotate the flywheel - it doesn't feel very strong though.
Thanks in advance
This is my first post here, so hopefully i'm not out of place.
I just recently purchased a non-running 1968 CL350 (with a 1968 CB350 engine on it), and I've been slowly working on it trying to get it back up in running shape. I knew it was going to be a project, so I'm not bent out of shape from it (yet), but I just can't seem to get this thing firing correctly. Just for sake of details, it also has Mikuni VM30 carbs on it. Came on it with the bike, I have the original carbs with damaged diaphragms.
Here are the things I've done so far:
- Verified spark, verified gas
- Flipped the advanser plate cylinder/shaft/tubething (it was on upside down/reversed so my breaker timing was crazy off)
- Set the breaker timing with a light on compression strokes
- Set the tappet clearance per the manual at tdc on both cylinders
Symptoms:
Bike doesn't start, exhaust sucking in air, carbs barely sucking air.
The only thing i can think is that there's something wrong with the valves, just not sure if there's anything I should try BEFORE ripping apart the engine/taking it to someone.
It does have some form of compression that I can feel when I put my thumb over the spark plug hole and rotate the flywheel - it doesn't feel very strong though.
Thanks in advance