Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: 70 ambo won't start

Author: Eric Lamberts

Date: Nov 5, 2000, 2:53 PM

Post ID: 1703796885


On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Doni Scheindlin wrote:
 
My ambo has been parked outside with a cover over it. We've had a lot of rain over the last several weeks so it hasn't been ridden too much. Last week, I hadn't started it for a couple weeks so I jumped it and hooked it up to the battery tender for the night (I can't keep it hooked up to this because I need to park it near my front door, something frowned upon my the apt. management). Nest morning moved it back out to the street. Tried starting this morning, about a week since the last time, and it wouldn't start, and I was draining the battery trying. When my wife got home, I hooked it up to the car. Still wouldn't start. It's cranking really strong, but the engine won't catch. Any ideas?
DS
It sounds like a classic case of wet distributor. Take off the cap and
dry it out. WD40 was supposedly made for this kind of thing.

Eric Lamberts ew-@unr.edu Reno, Nevada USA

'99 Suzuki SV650, '72 Norton Interstate, '77 Triumph Bonneville Silver
Jubilee, '73 Moto Guzzi Eldorado, '76 Suzuki RE5, '84 Yamaha RZ350, '84
Yamaha SR500, '66 Suzuki X6. Buncha other stuff. R6 soon?

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