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So far so good, bike seems to be behaving itself! Just have to be careful and remember the switch off the fuel every time the bike is switched off for a while! not sure about setting the floats?

Cheers Guys! so today I went out and took off carb and took down all the numbers of the jets and took a look at the float switch too, put everything back on again and gave it a few kicks without plug and it was clear, probably as it was sitting overnight with plug out, the petrol must have evapratied maybe, anyway i put it all back and done what you guys told me to do (couldnt find nebours cat tho!) it started up rough but ran clear after that! I took it out for a spin and all is ok now, well apart from the back exhaust blocked up and the black petrol soaked packing shooting out the back! sounds like a 4rt now! ha! hope its as eazy to re-pack as a gas gas? also something else i done when putting back the carb, i got two pices of fuel pipe and an inline fuel filter (just because i had no longer pipe) but by making the fuel line longer, i looped it down around the bottom of the carb and back up the tank, im thinking this might help stop the flooding incase the tap is left open when bike is layed up, I am thinking by doing this it will make it harder for syphon action to happen? not sure tho, it would be intresting to her what you guys think? (the professionals) I have ordered a load of them cheap inline fuel turn of taps form china for all the bikes! Happy Monty again, happer rider!

Ok thanks guys! I will check tomorrow and see if theres any petrol down below, i did get kinda hard to kick at one stage so that could have been a sign she was hydro locked, when i hydro lock my gas gas it used to drip black fuel from the exhaust manfold, but on the monty its hard to see, and yeah i know what you mean about the fuel tap in a not so eazy location to reach! might by some of them little in-line fuel shut of taps and fit it near to the carb! Ok Lineaway i will try that too, just to be clear, you mean kick it over with throttle wide open and have the cap off the spark plug incase she starts?

Hi Guys, My 315r keeps wetting the spark plug when i go to start it, I pulled out the carb and checked to see if the floats where stuck but they seemed free and everything looked fine! the bike had been layed up for a while and was running crap, like reving to the moon on start up and not idling right, to not starting at all!, so last night i changed the carb for another carb i had around the place and the bike started and ran sweet as could be, the best iv ever seen it, then this morning i started it up frist kick without choke and away it went lovely, so i switched it off and got all my gear on and pushed it outside and it wouldnt start? and now thats where im at! do any you guys think it might be the reeds? something letting fuel in the head and fouling up the plug? Thanks guys

Ok up date on the problem, after re thinking, we checked the plug again and it had signs of running lean, we whipped out a nearly new plug from one of the other bikes and tryed it, the bike started up stright away and instantly you could hear the difference! after a min adjusting the air mixture and tick over screws on the side of the carb the bike was running fine again, well better than fine! it even sounded really nice and quite! changing the plug made a world of difference! this problem must have been due to old/bad/stale fuel mix i will monitor the the plug after a good spin just to keep an eye on it, but i pritty much think thats that solved!

Ok checked the carb again, stripped it down and blow out the main jet and all the other intake holes in the carb, i took out the main jet and it was clear, i robbed the in take maifoild from another bike i had and it had no stress cracks in it so i thought that would help too, also i put fresh petrol mix in to the tank, and started it, ...... this time the bike now reves up on full choke and the throttle is not responding right, as when you reve it up it stays high on the reves and the only way to get it back down is to put it in to gear and let out the clutch! ok turn choke off the bike dies away! so heres is the odd part!,,,,,,,, start bike on full choke and drive it for 5 mins then turn choke off bike stays running at idle, but pull the throttle back and at bottom end there a bad flat spot then bike reves up and takes its time to return to idle? while driving the bike like this it seems not too bad but its lost most of its bottom end grunt and it wont start with out full choke on? I am not sure now where to look at next? probably best to rob a another carb of the spare bike i have and then see what happens?

Ok I will check carb again tomorrow and specifically look for the pilot! thanks for your input, I will post up results tomorrow

Hi Guys, My 1998 txt 270 is cutting out whn the choke is pushed in, when the choke is out it runs fine! any ideas? I whipped off the carb and cleaned it, eveything in there seemed ok! i checked the manafold intake rubbers and they look ok-ish! i check ed spark plug too and it was fine, put bike back togeather again and still the same way.

Just after going back out again now that the bike is cold and it started frist kick with choke out! i will try again tomorrow just to be sure, but its looking good that the new petcock has done the trick!

Ok got to work on the bike for a shoet time today, So I changed the fuel tap for a working one off a txt pro i had spare, I done the compression test too, now not sure if i tested it right or if the tester was working right eather so this was how i done it, took out plug and screwed in tester, then got TDC and kicked and got reading, then repeted 3 times to see if i got the same readings, heres what i got (TXT270 1998) compression test so while I had the plug out i gave it a few kicks to see, and yeah think there was slight petrol mist comming from head, so after that put plug back in and it started eazy! So guys i havent a clue about what it says on the compression gauge? but I tested some of my other bikes too, so it would give me a idea so here is the others i tested This is the TX270 (1998) This is the TXT pro (2004) This is the JTX270 (1997) The compression tests kinda seem all the same or close as, wonder if the tester is working right?

Thanks! I will defently try that frist!

Hell! you guys think the top end could be gone or starting to go? dam! i will do a compression test on it Monday evening if i get a chance, I have an old compression tester some where n the bike shed, I will probably have to cross refrance it with a test on the other TX270 are there both same year of bikes and engine size, my fuel mix is about 80:1 i think! when i do get the bike fried up it goes like hell, fuel tap is not working propraly as when you shut it off and pull the pipe petrol still comes out! I will try your plug test as well, last time i pulled the plug a few days go it was dry light brown color with build up on the inside of plug The bike was a slightly hard starter when I got it, i mean you could start it on frist kick if you gave it a belter, but if you missed it on the frist kick it would take about 10 after that! Ok thanks for all the ideas, I will check them soon and post up results Regards, Colin

Hi Guys, My 1998 txt 270 is puzzling me when it takes over 30 kicks to start it! it never used to be like that! but once its runng is fine and will start frist kick after that! The bike is a quick bike, it has slow action throttle on it and makes no difference what so ever. I cleaned airbox and filter, pulled carb off and cleaned it, only thing i noticed was on the chock jet, the rubber O-ring was a bit perrished on one side, so im not sure if that would stop it starting? I replaced the plug in it, for a new one too. any suggestions? Cheers Regards, Colin

yeah i had a 02 pro that loved gearbox milk shakes! so yeah water in gearbox turns milky, but the black/gray had me puzzled!

Good idea! cheers

Nice one guys! great info there to go and try,.......... I put normal diesel engine oil in the gear box today and ran it up for a while, ha my bad was even clutching it in and out of gear no problem, the gearbox got hot quick tho!, anyway I emptyed out the gray crap again then put new pink dex3 in, think I will just run it for awhile and see what happens! and just for the recored I thought of putting in pertol in the gearbox to flush it out but I chickend out as i thought it might disintegrate the clutch! oh well i will know for the next time!

Now that you mention it, when i took off the sump plug i was thinking i was gona see lot of metal particals stuck to the magnet on the end of the plug, but no! a very thick sludge was on the end of the plug! still its puzzling how 3 times the amount of oild came back out again!

Ok thanks for your reply guys! it great to have all your help! the oil i put in was the pink dex3? would water turn it black or would it turn milky if coolent was leaking in? the bike is running fine otherwise, no clutch drag at all, and whats the best way of flushing out the gearbox? just normal diesel engine oil? do i run the bike with that stuff in the gearbox too? or should i stick to just using dex3, the dex3 here is 10euro per leter tho!

Hi Guys, My gas gas Tx 270 was not starting so I decided to take a look! I kicked it over about 10 times and no go! so I removed the spark plug to find it soping wet! too wet for my liking, so i contuined to kick it over and just as i suspected petrol mist flying out from the head into the air, so it had hydrolocked! which is not common thing with these old bikes! the plug wasnt sparking eather, so off with exhaust manifold to empty out all the petrol, but only half a coffee cup came out! yes i was expecting more! anyway kicked her over to clear her up and then drained the gearbox oil, only to find a black/gray color of oil! so i checked water level and it was fine, put eveyhing back and put new plug on it and dex3 in the gearbox and tryed starting it, 3 kicks and she was runnng, and running sweet! so i left it in gear ticking over for 10mins and droped the oil again as i could see it had gone black/gray! well 3 times the amount came out again with that crappy color! so now i thinking i need the expertise of you guys? So if you guys have any ideas? I would be greatful My thoughts are, Crankcase seal damaged when hydrolocked and kicked over! Cheers all! frist oil drop Second oil drop

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oh wait! just had a quick look at splat! seems hes offering a? guess what! rear shock rebuild! (new oil plus gas refill) ! great so now iv learned that it was oil that was comming out of my rear shock! wonder is it worth 110stg for a rebuild tho? immm probbably is, as an new one is 450stg!!! http://www.splatshop.co.uk/rear-shock-rebuild.html

dam! i thought all shocks were rebuildable! oh well back in it goes!!!!

Ok think im losing my mind now, I just took off my other shock now from my other pro and its the same as the photo I posted? which could mean i have a unique set of skills which enables me to bend both my gas gas txt pro 2002-2003 rear shocks to the exact same angles? on different bikes! The only reason I took off the shock tonight was it was leaking oil, like leaving small puddles on the ground, but does oil go in these shocks or is it gas?

Ok tryed out the rucksack at the weekend and i have to say yeah its good, comfortable and well fit for the purpose! I loaded it with stuff and first thing i thought was the weight of it loaded was too much, but when i put it on my back I didnt feel the weight that bad at all! so for long trials this is a great bit of kit! (osprey escapist 32) some of my kit!

Ok found a good rucksack for long trials riding, its not that cheap tho! (osprey escapist 32) hopfully I will be testing it out at week end, before I bought it, I purchased a 15l cycling backpack from 3bay but when it arrived it was way too small! so I splashed out on the escapist 32, I will post a pic up of the bag when I use it at the week end, also the hebo 1l front tank came! have to say this is a mighty pice of kit! not very noticeable on the front of the bike! and when filled the bike uses the fuel in the hebo tank first! very handy as you can see the levels at a glance!