Too much oil is just about as bad for an engine as too tittle oil.
95 Thunderbird 900 carburetor question
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Too much oil is just about as bad for an engine as too tittle oil.
Then, it's good the bike is in your hands now.
I agree. Now it will survive!.
Carbs are pretty much dialed in in respect to each other but bike is still not as smooth as I'd like. I'm thinking fuel level now.
The manual didn't help much when I checked a while back. It gave me measurements but since the floats are curved, it didn't tell me from where to measure. Hooking up a see through hose and measure on the outside would be an option but I decided against it because the bike is so cramped. I might just removed them again and see if I can measure more easily when off the bike.
The manual didn't help much when I checked a while back. It gave me measurements but since the floats are curved, it didn't tell me from where to measure. Hooking up a see through hose and measure on the outside would be an option but I decided against it because the bike is so cramped. I might just removed them again and see if I can measure more easily when off the bike.
Put a couple of hundred miles on it and see how it behaves under highway conditions and city conditions.
Hey, I'm glad your Thunderbird is running, even if difficult to start. I had and still have similar difficulties after disassembling and cleaning the Mikuni carbs on my 2000 T'bird. I needed to do that after the bike sat for 18 months with a tank and bowls full of gas with 10% ethanol. Found nasty green crystalline substance plugging jets and passageways. I didn't find any loose brass parts in the bowls fortunately. Yours may be the brass plugs that the factory uses to close air and fuel passages drilled in the carb body. That might explain difficult starting due to an internal fuel or air leak. In any case, keep riding.
