Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: RE: Hard Starting Eldo

Author: Lannis

Date: Apr 14, 2005, 5:52 PM

Post ID: 1718704491




Greg Barratt wrote:
 
ignition timing imho is 90% of the reason the loopframes are hard to
start. make an index mark somewhere on your distributor hold down for
where it's set now. now loosen distributor hold down, advance it all the

way. hit starter. then retard it all the way, hit starter. you will
see a massive difference in how it spins. find a happy medium, advance
it till it starts to ping under load, then retard it slightly. then
check and see if it will start when hot/cold. erase old index mark,
make new index mark. this solves almost all the starter turns slow
issues.


Greg -

I'm going to try exactly that and see. Tomorrow night; I'm up to my
elbows in my BSA tonight.

But if ignition timing is the problem, there's a simple way to determine
that. Just pull up the kill button (or ground the points) and then
crank it. If there's no change in the way it turns, then the ignition
timing can't be the problem.

Lannis

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