the old fuel pump would run until the float chambers were full and would then slow down and shut off. now that i've got the fzr400 pump on there (thanks darrin), it just runs and runs until the relay kicks it off. so my original thought was there was no fuel getting in the carbs (maybe the floats were stuck in the up position). so we pulled the carbs to mess with them, and the carbs are full of fuel. so my questions is, why wouldn't the fuel pump be shutting itself off once the floats are full?
secondly, we oiled each of the cylinders while we were in there and tried to mop up all the excess, but some might have stayed in there and fouled the plugs. so i'll be checking those out as well. when we first went to start it on saturday morning, it fired up for literally maybe 2 cranks and then acted almost like it ran out of gas before it could get running. so in my opinion, there's really only two things to check, make sure the spark plugs aren't fouled (they are brand new plugs, but may have gotten fouled in the starting process), or somehow its not getting the right amount of fuel.
anything else you guys wanna add? i'm mostly just posting to vent my frustration at how its almost done, but i appreciate all of your input, as i have in the past
hope everyone's christmas/hannukah/kwanza was great! mine was pretty good, i got engaged to my girlfriend, so now hopefully she'll get off my back about spending money on the bike and not a ring
, true, but at least she wont bug me about spending more money on the bike than her for a little while.
