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72 trail keeps fighting me
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<blockquote data-quote="wsurf4me" data-source="post: 159072" data-attributes="member: 9937"><p>Just thought I'd post an update. First with the fuel leak, idle issues and broken petcock I decided to go ahead and purchase an aftermarket carb. I swapped it in, had to do a little tuning and problems solved. I have my old one set aside, at some point I will purchase some bits and rebuild it. I also have instituted the no ethanol, no fuel left in the bowl policy. I am lucky enough to have non ethanol fuel available but also run the carb dry when the bike is going to set for more than a few days. </p><p></p><p>The oil leak was traced back to the gasket between the cylinder and the crankcase. I checked the head bolts and they were loose, the previous owner had rebuilt the engine and either forget to torque the bolts or they worked loose after a few heat cycles. Ended up torquing them to 10 ft-lbs, a little high but was hoping to get enough squeeze to seal her back up. At first had a very small leak, but much to my surprise it has stopped after a few heat cycles. I rode it at a local swap meet yesterday, about 10 miles over the course of 3 hours, lots of stopping and starting. Everything is good, thanks to everyone here for all the advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wsurf4me, post: 159072, member: 9937"] Just thought I'd post an update. First with the fuel leak, idle issues and broken petcock I decided to go ahead and purchase an aftermarket carb. I swapped it in, had to do a little tuning and problems solved. I have my old one set aside, at some point I will purchase some bits and rebuild it. I also have instituted the no ethanol, no fuel left in the bowl policy. I am lucky enough to have non ethanol fuel available but also run the carb dry when the bike is going to set for more than a few days. The oil leak was traced back to the gasket between the cylinder and the crankcase. I checked the head bolts and they were loose, the previous owner had rebuilt the engine and either forget to torque the bolts or they worked loose after a few heat cycles. Ended up torquing them to 10 ft-lbs, a little high but was hoping to get enough squeeze to seal her back up. At first had a very small leak, but much to my surprise it has stopped after a few heat cycles. I rode it at a local swap meet yesterday, about 10 miles over the course of 3 hours, lots of stopping and starting. Everything is good, thanks to everyone here for all the advice. [/QUOTE]
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