jakeesspoo
06-03-2015, 11:15 PM
Picked up a 185 honda from a neighbor. Hes a good guy so dont think hes BS ing me. He said it needed a tune up hasnt run in atleast 3 years. For some reason the oil was drained/gone. I filled with oil and it didnt run out of bottom, so happy there. I put in a dr8esl plug and cleaned carb and air cleaner. Icannot get the bike to run. It tries a little with ether. So i changed out carb with a good working carb and still no luck. Has spark. 120psi compression. Noticed oil coming out of cdi cover but figure i will deal with that later. New gas lines and fuel filter. Carb getting gas. Fresh gas. I pulled on that starter till the rope broke. Then put on a new/spare pull start and tried some more. I pulled the plug and it is dry (with both carbs). Shouldnt it be wet/flooded by now? I tried starting it with choke,halfchoke, no choke, a little throttle, etc. decompression lever seems normal. If valves were stuck i would not get a good comression reading or am i wrong? This is probally some basic stuff but its driving me nuts. I have a blood blister (giant one) on my hand from trying to start this thing. All thoughts would be appreciated. How could both carbs not be getting the plug wet? Pilot two turns out, then tried 3 turns out.