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Re: Starts cold, runs, hard time restarting when warm.
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:03 pm
by Bear45-70
I would suspect you have done some damage to your bore from being too lean. You need tio pull the jug (cylinder).
Re: Starts cold, runs, hard time restarting when warm.
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:52 pm
by jsun3thousand
Re: Starts cold, runs, hard time restarting when warm.
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:06 pm
by Bear45-70
Too lean and melted the piston.
Re: Starts cold, runs, hard time restarting when warm.
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:08 pm
by jsun3thousand
Re: Starts cold, runs, hard time restarting when warm.
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:14 pm
by jsun3thousand
What do I need to do to fix it? Is any thing salvageable? It's it time to just learn to live at 41mm?
Re: Starts cold, runs, hard time restarting when warm.
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:25 pm
by yamahauler660r
jsun3thousand wrote:What do I need to do to fix it? Is any thing salvageable? It's it time to just learn to live at 41mm?
Your piston is BACKWARDS!!!!

Re: Starts cold, runs, hard time restarting when warm.
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:42 pm
by yamahauler660r
to answer your question.... get a different jug, piston is retired. make sure to split the case too.
Re: Starts cold, runs, hard time restarting when warm.
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:40 pm
by Bear45-70
yamahauler660r wrote:jsun3thousand wrote:What do I need to do to fix it? Is any thing salvageable? It's it time to just learn to live at 41mm?
Your piston is BACKWARDS!!!!

It sure is and probably at least attributed to the failure.
Re: Starts cold, runs, hard time restarting when warm.
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:12 pm
by jsun3thousand
So... on pisto heads, ex faces the exhaust?
Re: Starts cold, runs, hard time restarting when warm.
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:23 pm
by Bear45-70
jsun3thousand wrote:So... on pisto heads, ex faces the exhaust?
Yes.