Dave welcome to my world!
Why is it a good ideas end up being the worst choices we've ever made?
LOL yup
OK Update time:
Diesel for 2 days, then brake fluid 1 day, then "PB Blaster" for 1 day, then it started right up, running on 3 cylinders (now #4 wouldn't fire).
Next day no start.
We check everything out, Pulling the plugs they were BLACK, but The guy I was having do the work said they were fine. We arced the plug cap to the plug to show spark while trying to start, and it was weak / non existent. My best friend's dad was up from FL and said it was the condensers. My bike guy works on new bikes, didn't know about these older models. We took of the side cap, sure enough the condenser points were pitted and corroded bad. I bought an ignition point repair kit, a complete repair guide, and waited for the guide to find the gap settings for the points.
My repair guy coaches kids track and had a meet tonight, unable to work on the bike. I received the manual today, had the parts ready. A new co-worker who is in the process of transferring from MI was in town today, and he and I had to do a day trip to Chicago to work on the network at our facility. On the drive I explained all we have done. He is a solid mechanic, has done valve jobs, and stuff on his own cars. I asked if he'd take a shot at helping me out.
We set the condenser points and gave her a shot at starting...
He took a plug out and had me turn it over. Solid spark while just in the air, but once touching the block no spark. Bad plugs (didn't I ask the other guy that those look like poop??). We ran to autozone, got some plugs and within 30 seconds of putting them in I was running on all 4 cylinders.
All in all:
Bike: $950 (got taken a bit compared to blue book, but with the bike market here in WI it was not bad because it ran and we drove it home no problems)
Parts..
Tank of fresh gas: $14
PB: $4.99
Oil for change after all that junk: $18
Oil Filter: $7.99
Ignition kit: $34.99
Spark plugs: $8.28
I don't think that was that bad, and I rode it for 45 miles tonight smooth as silk!
MAN I wasn't prepared for something no one mentions... At highway speeds (65 MPH) when you check your blind spot the wind resistance on a helmet JERKS your head
That is going to take some getting used to. It didn't make me swerve or move the controls, but it was still a bit weird feeling. I did a lot of practice tonight around 40-50, and am going to avoid the highways for a few days until I am more used to that. Oh and birds flying in front of you are a bit odd. they seem a lot closer. I also got my first junebug in the chest, and another in the facemask
Heck I stopped at an intersection and a mosquito landed on my hand, bit me and held on for dear life until the next stop when I squashed him.
