MattWD

not a excellent day, got the carb off wanted to take it to bits to clean, and three underside screws were rusted and sheared off. i have a screw extractor to get them off. can i take these sheared screws any B&Q type place and find replacements, or do they have to come from mikuni Id be fine for doing a top end rebuild, slow methodically and reading a book about it though. yet to look in the exhaust port, as im preoccupied with the carb

Ah ok thanks for that ill take the whole exhaust off and have a look in it sounds expensive if that is what happened

im sorry im really quite basic with mechanical know how, i just ordered a haynes manual to help me out. do you mean check that its all wired correctly ? could you elaborate a bit on this please yes i am getting a good spark. plugged into the HT lead and then touch it with metal and it fires off a solid blue spark thanks

Tried a new plug, good spark from old one too, checked the fuel line from tank to carb and it is freely flowing

thanks for all this guys Ill have a look at the PV, does the PV cutting out have anything to do with why it wont want to start. to test the battery im going to get a multimeter I bought a whole new loom for it as it looks so terrible inside i was hoping after relooming that might be the solution

Hi everyone Been lurking in this fourm for a while and thought id ask for your expertise I was recently riding slowly through my town when my dt suddenly died and ground to a halt, it has not seized. i tried to bump start to no avail, i got into my garage to find it has a spark and put my thumb over the plug hole to do a poor mans compresion test(im not sure what to look for here but i did feel a pulse of quite strong air).I recently had it serviced as i do with any new motorbike. Unfortunately it was done by cowboys. who while messing with the loom (it is old and corrodied they told me) accidently dissconnect the PV then Didnt do up the front head lamp nuts and as i was riding away with a bike that wouldnt bite the light was also slipping down. eventually they fixed all the problems and im not sure if what has happened now has anything to do with them anyway, when i turn the key theres no Zssst zsst from the PV and the stater motor just keeps turning. after a while of trying to start the exhaust will sound like a loud sneeze or a puff, im taking it to bits to see if somehow the power to the PV is comprimised. i just wanted to ask if you have any ideas, The plug is in great condition with a perfect biscuit brown electrode dome thanks guys, appreciate it