85 spree issues

[the0captain]

maybe you have a leak around the manifold, taking those carbs on and off cant be good on the orings. I say this because i think mine is leaking there too with the other gaskets. i put some silicon on there this morning waiting for it to set. you might try that if you are out of options

Well that didnt help. I did notice that once the bystarter extends out, it wants to die. I have almost decided to just part it out at this point

[Bear45-70]

is that by year ?? or by the midrange jet.. i think that what it is???

There is no mid-range jet and it is by year.

[swimmingfree]

don't give in your are winning
it stars and will idle till it get worm ? right
what dose the spark plug look like color wet ???
when you get it started do you let off the brake?
is it smoking hard or a little ?
have you look a the exhaust port or try running with the muffler off ??

swimmingfree

[the0captain]

don't give in your are winning
it stars and will idle till it get worm ? right yes
what dose the spark plug look like color wet ??? its black
when you get it started do you let off the brake? yes
is it smoking hard or a little ?smokes a little more than it should
have you look a the exhaust port or try running with the muffler off ??exhaust port is nice and open

swimmingfree

[swimmingfree]

black means to munch gas or oil i wood bet gas !!
have you look a the carb setting .. were are they?? the book has a starting point for the seating for the carb.

have you look a the exhaust port or try running with the muffler off ??exhaust port is nice and open did you clean it or was it clean

did you do inn thing a bout the muffler if so what.?
i wood try running for a short time with out a muffler to see if it will run if the muffler is full it will case to munch back prusher and not run no guts

[the0captain]

i'm going to try cleaning the carb again and see if that helps.

But the thing won't turn off once its running. you can turn the key off but it won't kill the engine. I took the plastics off and all the wires seem to be connected. i tried unhooking the black striped wire and just touching it to the frame to try and ground it but that didn't kill the engine. where does the green wire attach to the frame to ground it?

[swimmingfree]

where does the green wire attach to the frame to ground it? not sure one is by the ground on the barter,,
when it keep running how did you get it to stop..
it running to rich it mite be the carb or the air filters not letting anuff air in . try running it with no air filter and the lid off ..

[the0captain]

where does the green wire attach to the frame to ground it? not sure one is by the ground on the barter,,
when it keep running how did you get it to stop.. i just put my fingers over the airbox holes. or i just turn the throttle some, that will kill it at the moment
it running to rich it mite be the carb or the air filters not letting anuff air in . try running it with no air filter and the lid off tried that. same result ..

[Mystic]

turning the key to the off position should kill the engine

[swimmingfree]

its running rich and hot that is why it wont stop i think .. did you try running with out the muffler ? please try this dot run it for more then a minute or two
you clean the carb once right the hi speed jet mite of came loss or it wrong to big

[the0captain]

turning the key to the off position should kill the engine

are you sure? i checked the manual but can't seem to confirm this. it seems to be a bit vague about how to turn the bike off.

regardless, i call

I guess my spree would rather run poorly than ever shut off from some lousy key

[the0captain]

its running rich and hot that is why it wont stop i think - yeah, its probably generating its own spark from the snazzy flux capacitor i installed last week. kind of odd though because i couldn't get a resistance reading from the flux capacitor and i thought it was dead. maybe i was wrong!!

[swimmingfree]

its called dieseling a car can do it as will .. did you clean the carb agin or take a trip you ???

[Mystic]

are you just yankin me? if it doesnt kill the engine with the ignition in the off position then you need a new ignition switch

[the0captain]

are you just yankin me? if it doesnt kill the engine with the ignition in the off position then you need a new ignition switch

Thats what i was wondering. Shouldnt touching the green wire to the black striped wire kill the motor also┬┐