well spring is here but you wouldnt know it by the snow on the ground. we have a ride coming up next weekend and i decided its time to get the old girl running again.
last time i rode it, it died and i had to be pulled home. its been one thing after another around here (a winter i would rather forget) so i never got back to it. well now i am pressed for time and it wont start still. i did the battery, new plug, checked spark (its good), poured gas into the cylinder (it started and ran great till it ran out) ect...
im down to checking the fuel pump. bad part is i borrowed my pressure gauge out a few years ago and i know its not coming back so im stuck till tomorrow.
the history...
i was out checking my game cameras in about 20 degree temps so i had the heater running the whole time. that thing is awesome. after about an hour i was in the bottom of the ****** and it backfired and died. didnt think much of it. i thought it was my tilt sensor so i pushed it down the hill and jumped into it. it fired back up. well on the way home it was backfiring alot. i went around a turn and it died, never to run again until i put the gas down the cylinder. i guess the tilt sensor could be the issue but you would think it wouldnt run at all even with gas down the cylinder.
and so begins my spring. if you have any ideas, please throw them out there. my brain is in winter brain fog mode so i may have overlooked something.
last time i rode it, it died and i had to be pulled home. its been one thing after another around here (a winter i would rather forget) so i never got back to it. well now i am pressed for time and it wont start still. i did the battery, new plug, checked spark (its good), poured gas into the cylinder (it started and ran great till it ran out) ect...
im down to checking the fuel pump. bad part is i borrowed my pressure gauge out a few years ago and i know its not coming back so im stuck till tomorrow.
the history...
i was out checking my game cameras in about 20 degree temps so i had the heater running the whole time. that thing is awesome. after about an hour i was in the bottom of the ****** and it backfired and died. didnt think much of it. i thought it was my tilt sensor so i pushed it down the hill and jumped into it. it fired back up. well on the way home it was backfiring alot. i went around a turn and it died, never to run again until i put the gas down the cylinder. i guess the tilt sensor could be the issue but you would think it wouldnt run at all even with gas down the cylinder.
and so begins my spring. if you have any ideas, please throw them out there. my brain is in winter brain fog mode so i may have overlooked something.