Forward Progress! Kind of ha!

[TheRepoGuy]

SO! I think I’ve got this old girl down to two problems. First has to be fuel delivery - either the pump isn’t pushing enough or I’ve got something else messing with the fuel. I pulled the petcock when I first got the bike home and cleaned the hell out of it so I think the flow is solid - leans me more towards these aftermarket fuel pumps being complete made in China ****. I haven’t messed with the pump but it does have a screw on the end of it which looks like it might be a flow adjustment? Not sure but here’s a picture anyway. It’s that yellow dot in the pic ha!

Second has to be a starter issue. I had this one rebuilt and while it does spin the motor I don’t think it’s spinning it fast enough. I got it to shoot some fire out of the bottom of the heads on the left side this morning (didn’t crank over but shot fire so that’s good ha!) with starting fluid so something has to be working correctly just not enough umph to actually fire it.

Too early for this morning nonsense ha! Hopefully my replacement starter should be in at some point today or tomorrow.


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[dan filipi]

Spec is 2-3 lbs pressure from the pump. There is also a spec for quantity but I’m not in a position to look that up.
Post a video of it cranking.

 

[julimike54]

Fuel flow spec

 

[saganaga]

A long time ago, I heard that for a car's mechanical fuel pump, the engine should output enough in 30 seconds of running to fill a 12 ounce soda can 1/3rd- to 1/2-way.

I don't imagine a Goldwing's fuel pump is much different.

But can't a Goldwing gravity feed the carbs if the tank is mostly full? I thought the pump was only necessary when the tank was around the reserve level.

 

[pidjones]

Has your tank been coated inside? Mine was, and they fully blocked the screens with Kreem. Luckily, it is fully disolvable in acetone!. The intake tubes also get plugged. Might try switching to reserve.

 

[Tom_Charlton]

gravity feed is probably less than 1 psi, not enough for the oldwings.

If you have fuel in the carbs and correct spark timimg, a Gl1200 can be push started by one person using second gear. I did it last Sunday after the stator in my 86 Aspencade trike died and let the battery drop too low to spin the starter.

What I'm suggesting is one of your issues is lack of fuel in the carburetors, not just a slow starter. Is there fuel in the carb bowls when you loosen/remove the bowl drain screws?

 

[TheRepoGuy]

What I'm suggesting is one of your issues is lack of fuel in the carburetors, not just a slow starter. Is there fuel in the carb bowls when you loosen/remove the bowl drain screws?

There will be fuel in the bowls now - not before though ha! Wasn’t getting any fuel since I had the pump plugged into the wrong place. Timing and spark are in the right spots; the starter is the issue, it won’t crank on the bike but will off the bike and hooked to a car battery. New one should be here tomorrow morning/afternoon so I’ll try again once it shows up


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