S&S carb help : V-Twin Forum: Harley Davidson Forums

winkjr · 10-03-2009, 05:20 PM

ok got an S&S super g on my sporty. wont start after i wasnt able to ride over the summer. so i dropped the float bowl out and cleaned it up. took the accelerator pump apart and cleaned all that up. put it back together and it still wont start. i took the plugs out and noticed that they are getting wet. i tried ether but it didnt start with that either. you guys know what i should do to get this thing running?

Billy Jack · 10-05-2009, 05:55 PM

First thing I do is take off the air cleaner cover and check to make sure the accelerator pump is squirting into the carb. If it's not, you know you've got a problem getting fuel...

Are you sure the plugs are fireing?

You can also try aeresol "starting fluid." That gets my dad's shovel started after it's been sitting for a while. Just spray it in the air intake while you crank the starter.

ironheadbuck · 10-05-2009, 07:15 PM

do you have spark ?

bkrhoades · 10-08-2009, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ironheadbuck

do you have spark ?

Yea, that sounds like an ignition problem, not a carb. S&S carbs are pretty reliable.

Geezer-Glide · 10-08-2009, 06:57 AM

And I think the G is too big for a sporty too.

Hillside · 10-08-2009, 06:57 AM

As already mentioned, sounds like a spark issue.
Pull the plugs, and let them lay on the fins and wing it over, while watching them to see if any and spark is occuring.

Scott

93 FXR · 10-10-2009, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Geezer-Glide

And I think the G is too big for a sporty too.

+1........

Hillside · 10-12-2009, 07:08 AM

I did not catch it earlier, that it was a G.
The signal is very low when those are on a 1200.
LARGE jets will/may be required to get it going.
Try a 36/80 for starters, and jet from there.

Scott

bkrhoades · 10-12-2009, 10:50 PM

When the same thing happened to my FXR ( shorty e ), turned out to be a bad ignition module!