Dianne's C77

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 1:27 pm

DianneB wrote:Yea, and now it is the carb that's driving me nuts! (Will post about it in the carb section.)

LM can help you there. He's The Wizard.

DianneB · Post by **DianneB** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:58 pm

Made huge progress with the carburetor issues today - the bike now "gets up and goes"! Still some adjusting to do but definitely runnable!

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:34 pm

DianneB wrote:Made huge progress with the carburetor issues today - the bike now "gets up and goes"! Still some adjusting to do but definitely runnable!

:)

DianneB · Post by **DianneB** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 5:52 pm

DianneB wrote:I also lost my neutral light when I did the overhaul so I have to trace that down as well - probably missed an electrical connection in the rush.

Tracked down the problem! The first one, as I was advised it probably would be, was the wire broken off the neutral switch - fixed that (after breaking the screws loose with a chisel!) Second problem was that the bulb keeps falling out of the little right angled boot and landing in the bottom of the headlight enclosure - fixed that (with a little contact cement!)

Also, in re-reading the carburetor section of the service manual, I figured out I was turning the "air screw" the wrong way to lean the low speed mixture! DUH!

Got the fuel tank back on after making a new fitting to install an after-market petcock, put the carb back together and put it back on and tested for leaks or seepage - none.

Don't know if I will put the right cover back on or wait until I get the starter clutch overhaul parts on Tuesday.....

DianneB · Post by **DianneB** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:53 pm

Since the Dream was almost buttoned up, I decided to put the right cover on and see how it runs.

HUGE IMPROVEMENT!

It has the occasional miss at mid-throttle but other than that it is running PDG (pretty damned good)! I may have to shield the lead for the electronic ignition to get rid of the miss 'cause it runs pretty close to the right spark plug lead and I still have to set the ignition timing at high RPM but we're getting close.

I need to track down why my tail and stop lamp have quit and the rear brake needs much adjustment but I am happy with where we are at this point.

Evening work: Adjusted rear brakes, repaired brake light circuit, repaired tail light circuit, and installed air filter. A good day!

DianneB · Post by **DianneB** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:07 pm

Installed the air cleaner and connector tube - PITA job! Wouldn't surprise me if people seldom changed the air filter because it is such a job (if you don't have tiny Oriental hands)!

The parts came in for the starter clutch so I overhauled that and gave the starter a 'major service'. Just need to get things back together and see what quits working next LOL! (Sometimes I think this bike is cursed ;) )

Hope to get it out for a test ride early this week and do the final mid-range tuning on the carb adjustments.

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:25 pm

Hurry up before it snows! :)