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Kind of at a loss here.

 

She was running then died.

I have spark, plugs look good.

I have fuel, had too much due to a stuck/dead injector.  Replaced with trilogy injectors.  I see a spray during crank.

 

Pulled VC, ensured the ping was almost to 12:00, timing mark on 0 and re-stabbed the dist.

 

It will crank, almost catch (rarely) then crank some more.  Tried adding/removing timing.

Looking for ideas, at a loss.

 

 

 

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Sounds like it's not getting enough fuel. Are you sure the Trilogy injectors are the right size for an 86? Will it fire if you spray some gas in the throttle body? The engines require a lot of fuel at cold cranking. 

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Yep, checked one at a time with my phone recording into the TB while cranking.

 

I pulled the plugs and they are kind of wet.  I'll replace them and see if it helps in a few days when they arrive.

 

while they are out, did a quick compression test and got 130-135 in each cylinder.

Coolant test sensor tests good.

 

After cranking a while it will almost start.  Frustrating...

 

Wife is on my butt to get it started and sell this one along with my bike to cover her taxes O.o

 

 

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I'm sure it is frustrating! Plugs are kind of wet? It still sounds like a fuel problem to me. I would put some gas in a spray bottle and give it a good dose then see if it tries to fire up and better. 

Have you had a timing light on it to make sure that is correct?

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I've manually set timing according to FSM, mechanically.

I need to find a helper (hard to do these days) for trying to do it with a light while it won't start.

 

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8 hours ago, tux said:

I've manually set timing according to FSM, mechanically.

I need to find a helper (hard to do these days) for trying to do it with a light while it won't start.

 

Grab the wife who wants it gone so bad 😉

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hopefully this isn't your issue but I once accidentally disturbed the water jacket around the throttle body when pulling the top cap off to inspect the spray pattern. (4g63 admittedly). only got the occasional fire out of it when cranking, plugs were "wet" with what turned out to be fuel and water 

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Fixed it.

Ultimately, I wasted a bunch of time.

Problem #1 injector was dead/stuck open

Problem #2 spark plugs bad (even though they sparked and I cleaned them up?

Fix #1 -

- 2x m6x25 bolts for top hat,

- 2x m6x12 spacers2

- 2x Lucas INJ-01D142B (850cc trilogy branded)

 

Fix #2

- New NGK 5553 plugs

 

Not the problem/time wasters for me 

- adjusting mechanical lifters

-checking timing visually

-fuel pump

-compression test

-igniters

-gnition coil

-coolant temp sensor

-plug wires

-cap/rotor

-hussin' n cussin'

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