ohiohunter Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 hi all. i am a new member to this forum and new to the world of yamaha. i have recently acquired a 1980 yamaha dt 175 from my father-in-law that has been sitting in a barn for 10 years or so. got it home the other day and after a couple of kicks it started right up! rode it for a half-hour or so and then put it away so i could start cleaning it up. cleaned everything up and today after filling with new gas, 2 stroke oil, and new crankcase oil, i couldn't fire it up. won't even try to start. figured maybe i forgot to hook something up, and started looking around the bike. i found that the rectifier (DE41 is listed on it) has one tab that is broken off. also, i am getting gas coming out of the carb's overflow? while i need to take apart the carb and find out why gas is coming out, i am wondering if the bike will fire with no rectifier? right now it has no battery either. i have found a rectifier used on ebay i am going to get, but i wasn't sure if this is needed to fire the bike up. sorry, if this may have been covered in the past, like i said, i am new to the forum. i am coming from the world of triumph, so while i understand some about vintage bikes, i am new to 2 strokes. thanks, keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted April 7, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 7, 2011 hi all. i am a new member to this forum and new to the world of yamaha. i have recently acquired a 1980 yamaha dt 175 from my father-in-law that has been sitting in a barn for 10 years or so. got it home the other day and after a couple of kicks it started right up! rode it for a half-hour or so and then put it away so i could start cleaning it up. cleaned everything up and today after filling with new gas, 2 stroke oil, and new crankcase oil, i couldn't fire it up. won't even try to start. figured maybe i forgot to hook something up, and started looking around the bike. i found that the rectifier (DE41 is listed on it) has one tab that is broken off. also, i am getting gas coming out of the carb's overflow? while i need to take apart the carb and find out why gas is coming out, i am wondering if the bike will fire with no rectifier? right now it has no battery either. i have found a rectifier used on ebay i am going to get, but i wasn't sure if this is needed to fire the bike up. sorry, if this may have been covered in the past, like i said, i am new to the forum. i am coming from the world of triumph, so while i understand some about vintage bikes, i am new to 2 strokes. thanks, keith Greetings Ohiohunter, and a post in the 'Noobs' forum? Dont ya just love these old DT's Nahh battery and rectifier not needed to run the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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