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    electrical testing questions, 81 passport

    I learned the (head)lightbulb lesson a couple years ago. Headlight is one of the things missing on the one Im working on. Life got in the way and haven't transferred the carb and throttle and choke cables from my runner yet to test it. On another subject- I took the leg shield off my runner for...
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    electrical testing questions, 81 passport

    thanks. After much study of the wiring diagram( which is very difficult for my old eyes to read, especially the wire colors and sw. designations, even using a magnifying glass) I figured out that the ign. sw. (which is missing on this bike) when in off position, grounds the points so it won't...
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    electrical testing questions, 81 passport

    recently bought. very rough, but engine has compression and trans appears to be ok. I believe P.O. tried to wire it so it could run batteryless, not really sure. I have an Identical c70 that is nice, and so have a Honda shop manual. I have used the wiring diagram to restore the wiring to its...
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    need carb. adjustment guidance

    Racerx- thanks so much for your guidance. after cleaning the carb using your recommendations, I put the clip on the needle back at the orig. setting and it now runs like a top! ran it about 5 mi. yesterday in short hops and adjusting, and then checked cold start, idles good, took it for a ride...
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    need carb. adjustment guidance

    Friday I moved the clip on the needle down(towards the end that goes into the carb body) 2 notches. it was in the middle groove, now in the lowest groove. It seemed to have a little more power, but still stumbles off idle/ midrange runs fine top end. Today I pulled the carb and disassembled it...
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    need carb. adjustment guidance

    thanks for the pic's. I've got work to do!
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    need carb. adjustment guidance

    I will give that a try tomorrow. thanks.
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    need carb. adjustment guidance

    after setting when warm Tuesday, I took it out Wednesday , and cold, it stumbled more than it had previously, so I choked it some while riding to warm it up . when warm, with the choke off, it still had the off idle/ midrange stumble, but if I ran it with the choke just slightly on, it ran a LOT...
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    need carb. adjustment guidance

    set the idle and mixture. mixture screw about 5/8 turn out. couldn't get it to speed up any to speak of turning it further out. it starts great, and runs fine at full throttle, but has a kind of off idle/ midrange stumble that is annoying. tried running it with the mixture screw out about 1/8...
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    need carb. adjustment guidance

    got it. thanks.
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    need carb. adjustment guidance

    so 1300 rpm is just a ballpark? a very fast idle?
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    need carb. adjustment guidance

    went to the service manual and all it shows is a cutaway of the carb. went to the owners manual, all it says is set throttle stop screw to 1300 rpm, then turn air screw in and out to acheve highest rpm. how is the best way to determine 1300 rpm? there is no tach. Im sure there have been lots of...
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    has anyone tried using a 4AH battery in their Passport?

    thought id post pic's of the installation
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    has anyone tried using a 4AH battery in their Passport?

    took about an hour to install, had to rig a way to secure the smaller battery. used a piece of 3/8 threaded rod into an existing hole on the left side behind the side cover, nutted on both sides, and a nylon, fender washer and locknut/washer to secure the battery, and sticky backed foam to...
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    has anyone tried using a 4AH battery in their Passport?

    I will report back after I run it a bit.
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    has anyone tried using a 4AH battery in their Passport?

    i'm going to give it a try. As I said, it kickstarts easy. I know that it wouldn't operate the electric start. I just was worried about possibility of blowing out the headlite
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    has anyone tried using a 4AH battery in their Passport?

    yes, you are absolutely right, I didn't specify that its a 6 v. the6v 4 ah batt, which works great in a ct-70 that is kick only, is way below the spec'd AH for a c70, because of the electric start. I'm just wondering if anyone has run one in a c70.
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    has anyone tried using a 4AH battery in their Passport?

    I recently went to a 4ah battery in my CT-70 using advice thru the forum here, it seems to work fine, and is $10 at Walmart- so I began to wonder if one of these would also work in my 81 passport, as long as I didn't try to use the electric starter- it kickstarts easy. I don't want to blow my...
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    CT 70 Brake light fussy has me scratching my head

    I will try one-for those prices, what have I got to lose? Is that type of battery avail. as a 12v, and I wonder if one could be used on my old kick start only Triumph?
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