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Cardboard boxes for gaskets

barrelroll

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I thought cheap beer boxes were the backwoods gaskets of choice.

I keep a roll of JV127 on the truck and use it all the time. We work on a bunch of random industrial equipment that's obsolete and has to be fixed now. No way the customer would go for waiting 4 weeks for a gasket to get shipped across the pond if the manufacturer is even still in business.
 

hetkind

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The best gaskets come from the Genesse Cream Ale boxes...

Worked on a classic BMW boxer for a senior level manager at a major national brewery this afternoon...collectible metal beer signs coming. Minor issues, bad clutch cable splitter and poorly adjusted dual BING carbs. Some guys speak CAT and DEERE, I speak BMW Airheads. Verified gas tank venting, plug cap to plug cap verificaion of secondary ignition, ignition module heat sink paste, and finally put the twin max differential vacuum gauge on the bottom vacuum taps. One side was coming on early, poorly adjusted lower cable from the splitter under the tank.

All in all a successful afternoon, plus used the JD 450B shovel dozer to persuade a dead hemlock to fall just the right way, with 40' of 3/8' logging chain.

Howard

Howard
 

kshansen

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The best gaskets come from the Genesse Cream Ale boxes...

Worked on a classic BMW boxer for a senior level manager at a major national brewery this afternoon...collectible metal beer signs coming. Minor issues, bad clutch cable splitter and poorly adjusted dual BING carbs. Some guys speak CAT and DEERE, I speak BMW Airheads. Verified gas tank venting, plug cap to plug cap verificaion of secondary ignition, ignition module heat sink paste, and finally put the twin max differential vacuum gauge on the bottom vacuum taps. One side was coming on early, poorly adjusted lower cable from the splitter under the tank.

All in all a successful afternoon, plus used the JD 450B shovel dozer to persuade a dead hemlock to fall just the right way, with 40' of 3/8' logging chain.

Howard

Howard

Dam Howard was hoping you would say you also spoke XS400 Yamaha! Been trying to get one of those to run right. Starts and runs fine until it gets warmed up then idle speed drops so low it stalls. Adjust idle a little to keep it running then it will hang up and idle at 3,000 rpm til you drag it down by letting the clutch out in gear just a bit. Carbs are spotless inside.

As for Genny Cream back in the late 60's early 70's when first wife went to college outside of Rochester Genny Cream was reffered to as "Green Death".
 

Delmer

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Hey Ken, if you find the solution to the Yamaha idle, let me know! not that I'll fix it, but just to pass along with the bike.
 

hetkind

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Dam Howard was hoping you would say you also spoke XS400 Yamaha! Been trying to get one of those to run right. Starts and runs fine until it gets warmed up then idle speed drops so low it stalls. Adjust idle a little to keep it running then it will hang up and idle at 3,000 rpm til you drag it down by letting the clutch out in gear just a bit. Carbs are spotless inside.

As for Genny Cream back in the late 60's early 70's when first wife went to college outside of Rochester Genny Cream was reffered to as "Green Death".

I would look at valve lash AND we also see a hang on the spark advance. I had a XS400, followed by a XS650 Heritage Special.

The XS400 tended to suffer from valve recession.

Howard
 

fast_st

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Dam Howard was hoping you would say you also spoke XS400 Yamaha! Been trying to get one of those to run right. Starts and runs fine until it gets warmed up then idle speed drops so low it stalls. Adjust idle a little to keep it running then it will hang up and idle at 3,000 rpm til you drag it down by letting the clutch out in gear just a bit. Carbs are spotless inside..

Hows your carb boots, check with a spray of carb cleaner between the carb and engine, hanging idle is usually either maladjustment or a vac leak. could be a leaking throttle shaft as well. Also worth checking your valve adjustment.
 
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