3wheelerjoe
01-06-2013, 09:53 PM
Hey all! I recently purchased a 85 350x and have been building g it up ever since ( about a month or so). It did not run when I got it and the culprit was a bent / broken exhaust valve. I got the cylinder bored and put in a new high comp wesco piston and new valves. There were other things wrong with it like dirty carb and oil leaks that i fixed as well. I finally got the engine put back toghter and in the frame. When i was trying to set the timing on it ( with the motor on my work bench) i did it by the book but i could never get the "T" mark to line up exactly. The notch on the case would always be just below the mark for TDC. Also i could never get the marks on the cam sproket to exa tly line up with the flat surface of the head. One side would always b a little higher than the other. I figured it just had to be that way after hours of trying to adjust it. So i got everything back togehter and finally got it started. The problems are ............ its hard to start, seems like i have to kick it a lot to finally get it to star.2nd it has a pretty loud ticking noise that sounds like it comming from the top end. I adjusted the valves per the manual. 3rd when it is running it lacks power and if i try to get on it a little bit it starts cutting out. Im thinking its got something to do with the timing. I want to get a new cam chain and tensioner to see if that helps but i thought id check with all yall before i spent the money for it. This is the first 3 wheeler ive owned and i freegin love it( even though i only rode it like 5 minutes maybe 2 times) it still looks good in the gerage. Thanks for your help in advance!