Good afternoon ladies and gents,
I figure it's about time to introduce myself, I've been hiding in the shadows, getting information here and there. I used a document I found on the forum to help me clean out all 4 carbs on my dads 30 years old goldwing and get it running again. Due to mechanical/money issues it was put in the garage and there it has sat for the last 7 years. After a good cleaning of the carbs, new fuel lines and filter, an oil change, new spark plugs, and some wd-40 she came back to life.
Still needs new spark plug wires (one of the plugs came apart on me and is just kinda.. stuck in there = D ). I also replaced the entire assembly for the front brake fluid container (Container, diaphram, lid).
I'm hoping I can find some more information now on bleeding the brakes, and what needs to be adjusted to get it running a little better. According to my dad is has always been cold blooded, but I had it running for 3-4 minutes and it didn't seem to want to idle on it's own.
If anyone has any suggestions I'd be happy to hear them. This weekend will probably entail a second oil change along with a new oil filter, and some possible exhaust work since it sounds like it has a small exhaust leak right off the engine.
Here is a picture of it right after we got it running. Faring and a whole lot more is still sitting on the ground, it was a long day of trying to back out bolts that hadn't moved in 30 years!
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I figure it's about time to introduce myself, I've been hiding in the shadows, getting information here and there. I used a document I found on the forum to help me clean out all 4 carbs on my dads 30 years old goldwing and get it running again. Due to mechanical/money issues it was put in the garage and there it has sat for the last 7 years. After a good cleaning of the carbs, new fuel lines and filter, an oil change, new spark plugs, and some wd-40 she came back to life.
Still needs new spark plug wires (one of the plugs came apart on me and is just kinda.. stuck in there = D ). I also replaced the entire assembly for the front brake fluid container (Container, diaphram, lid).
I'm hoping I can find some more information now on bleeding the brakes, and what needs to be adjusted to get it running a little better. According to my dad is has always been cold blooded, but I had it running for 3-4 minutes and it didn't seem to want to idle on it's own.
If anyone has any suggestions I'd be happy to hear them. This weekend will probably entail a second oil change along with a new oil filter, and some possible exhaust work since it sounds like it has a small exhaust leak right off the engine.
Here is a picture of it right after we got it running. Faring and a whole lot more is still sitting on the ground, it was a long day of trying to back out bolts that hadn't moved in 30 years!
