Man, what a crazy couple of weeks...!
My Daughter's youngest Son mentioned that his 2004 CRF230 was "Making a noise" so I took a look, well, a listen first and said shut it down. Seems that the intake valve head popped right off the stem and we all know what that does...
I installed a new piston, rings, pin and clips, head (complete) and cover, rockers, cam chain and gear, gaskets etc... the bore was not harmed. I did split the cases to ensure that any piston debris that made its way down to the lower end that I cleaned it out.
So, all back together, in fact I had Jackson, said Grandson come over to help finish up the top end and install it into the frame, bolts it up and fire it for the first time. Runs great and now I am at the break in period, run until warm for a few cycles, no high revs for a bit etc...
The carb pilot screw was turned out a turn and a half which proved to be too rich, so I backed it back to one turn and it hunts and still is producing a black sooty plug.
Now, I told you all that to ask if anyone has a good, reliable contact at Thumper Talk that I can talk with...? I signed up and cannot for the life of me sign in...! I try to log in and when prompted to use my user name, that gets me a message that I need to have the @ in there... WTF...?
I get no response from a password change request, nothin', nada... I had been a member there Years ago when I was riding XR400s but the email addy was different so I cannot even resurrect that log in.
So, I need a point of contact OR a carb expert here hopefully that can help me with what to do next.
I will drop the bowl and check that the pilot jet is a 45 and the main is a 120 but I do not know where to start on needle clip positions...!
Sorry for the long winded saga, I need some assistance.
Appreciate you,
Rob
My Daughter's youngest Son mentioned that his 2004 CRF230 was "Making a noise" so I took a look, well, a listen first and said shut it down. Seems that the intake valve head popped right off the stem and we all know what that does...
I installed a new piston, rings, pin and clips, head (complete) and cover, rockers, cam chain and gear, gaskets etc... the bore was not harmed. I did split the cases to ensure that any piston debris that made its way down to the lower end that I cleaned it out.
So, all back together, in fact I had Jackson, said Grandson come over to help finish up the top end and install it into the frame, bolts it up and fire it for the first time. Runs great and now I am at the break in period, run until warm for a few cycles, no high revs for a bit etc...
The carb pilot screw was turned out a turn and a half which proved to be too rich, so I backed it back to one turn and it hunts and still is producing a black sooty plug.
Now, I told you all that to ask if anyone has a good, reliable contact at Thumper Talk that I can talk with...? I signed up and cannot for the life of me sign in...! I try to log in and when prompted to use my user name, that gets me a message that I need to have the @ in there... WTF...?
I get no response from a password change request, nothin', nada... I had been a member there Years ago when I was riding XR400s but the email addy was different so I cannot even resurrect that log in.
So, I need a point of contact OR a carb expert here hopefully that can help me with what to do next.
I will drop the bowl and check that the pilot jet is a 45 and the main is a 120 but I do not know where to start on needle clip positions...!
Sorry for the long winded saga, I need some assistance.
Appreciate you,
Rob
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