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Message: <blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 15663" data-attributes="member: 98">it seems im down to eating peanut butter and jelly to keep going its been hard for everyone ....today im going to pull nails out of some used lumber to use on my building icant take pics cause i dont have an operating camera.....the silverwing probably dose need coils after thirty yrs ....the 83 dose .....along with carb rebuild ..its going to have to wait till i get funds for it .....i dont know much about silver wings .....but you can find out a lot by doing a compression test on the cylinders to see how close they are .....that sould tell you if a valve is bent .....take some jumper cables and hook it to your car not running and hook the possitive cable right to the starter ....ground on the frame .....ground first ...bike in nueture and see if it will spin the starter .....id go ahead and take the plugs out first ......if it spins do a compression test ....if not then look into the possible likelyhood that the starter is the same as a goldwing ......im hoping it will spin .....i have no ideal if the valves are machanical or hydraulic but you can adjust the valves also and look for stuck valve too ......if the starter is shot you can put it in fifth gear and on the centerstand to turn the motor for valve adjustment....with the plugs out it sould turn easy .....it would be good to trey and figure out the motor noise without spending alot on parts if its possible to do .....is the silverwing a dresser ......iguess so far you dont have money tied up in it so its a great project bike .....i will see if i can look up some info on the igniton system to see if its points or electronic it could be something like ballist resistor bad .... :mrgreen:</blockquote>

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