Rebuilt carb but no joy

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  1. eshibbs

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    had carbs rebuilt by Billies in Texas ,reinstalled will not start. Good spark, fuel in floats, good batt. will bark if i use start fluid in carb intakes but will not continue to run. Reinstall seemed strait forward so if anyone has a clue what I missed I sure could use the help.
    Scott
     
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    i pm'ed you ;) tryin to help.
     
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    i think your fuel pump may need to be primed.
     
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    Couldn’t open your message, sorry. 66 yr old Vfr rider with same bike since it was practically new. Never had a reason to think about switching till now.
     
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    Sounds reasonable. Any hints on the process
     
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    but, pete my good man, he sez float bowls are fulla gas !? he could maybe use the famous jumper wire on the pump relay to assure pump is powered up.
     
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    Where is the relay. I think I need to jump or replace. No current to fuel pump.
     
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    location info in service manual, downloadable here. u never stated what year the bike is..........
     
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    95-found relay, jumped the pins and fuel pump runs and fuel makes it as far as splitter to the fuel rails, sadly after that still won’t start unless I put fuel directly in the stacks
     
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    some obstruction ?? try blowing (low pressure) compressed air into the carb fuel line after draining whatever fuel is inside.
     
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    Yep you are pulling the carbs off again
     
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    just needs access to fuel line into carbs, not to remove them, to try my suggestion above.
     
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    I'll put a beer on the jets are clogged.

    Don't get me wrong I'd like this to be really easy to fix..

    But have been there on one on my bikes - rebuilt the carbs - full strip down, synched, bike ran awesomely for 30 minutes !!!!!

    Then had to do it again .. lol
     
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    i'd love to share that bass ale with you, but.......

    pete, my good man, he paid lotsa quid for a professional rebuild, so jets gotta be clean, doncha think ?

    i've offered to go through his carbs to find out what's wrong for a low, low price, but the responsibility is on the guy who got paid for the work, although i've heard he doesn't always answer his phone.

    i never think an idle jet is clean unless i can pass a .010" wire through it easily, guarantee my work and charge way less than his guy.
     
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