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I can confirm that my Yammy does indeed have YICS so I will be following the Haynes guidance when I get to that bit. I fancy making my own tool so some guidance would be appreciated. Thanks

OK, now know what the YICS is (don't you just love the Haynes manual) and will check for the blanking bolts. Cheers

Thanks Slice, good call. I will do a careful examination. Although I can't see any obvious fuel leakages, there is always a strong smell of petrol when I go into the garage so that might prove to be from a leak. Sorry to sound like a numpty but what is a YICS? Cheers

Ok, she is now at home in my garage. 1992 with 34k miles on the clock and needs some tidying - but that's the fun of a project, isn't it? Oil and fuel were all clean and I wanted to at least find out if there were any pistons in there. Anyway, engine turned over OK but didn't fire up. First thing, take a plug out and see if it sparks. Could only see a very weak orange spark so took them all out and they looked normal, perhaps a wee bit sooty but certainly not fouled. No matter, a new set of plugs and air filter would do no harm. The new plugs produced a nice fat blue spark and the engine fired up instantly with the choke out. Great, at least there were moving bits inside her. However, the engine revved quite fast but, when I pushed back the choke, the engine stopped. I tried again, with exactly the same results so am now planning an eyeball check on throttle cables, settings and carbs. No hurry but at least I know what I'm working with and I do intend to tidy up the frame with the engine out. So, any ideas what to check for this choke/stopping problem? Thanks

So, today I secured a fairly old (J reg) XJ900F. I'll be collecting her during the week and then starting a tlc project. I've just retired so am in no hurry to complete so this thread might be a bit slow to show progress. Anyway, I'll post an update when I collect her.

Thanks, any idea where I would start a new thread for a " project"? Is it the Bar? Cheers

Ok, thanks - sounds like a good idea. I'll have a look over there now. Cheers

Am in the process of buying an XJ900F and taking it on as a project. It looks pretty good for its age, and will benefit from some tlc. In a previous life, I did some miles on TR2B. Great fun but those days are long gone now. Anyway, just thought I'd say hello.