Intermittently Dead

The point can't talk if its mute, Mike. Isn't it moot? :roflmao: I use a nail to check the plug wires - no fingers or tongues! LOL

:roflmao: My father just got me to hold the wire:gah:,but I only fell for that once, that's what I got for being a trusting 10yr old 42yrs I've been waiting for payback:roflmao:

:roflmao::roflmao:

Right. Have cleaned the Idle Air Control. Checked for a few loose wires found nothing. Bike started fine, ran fine. Found a nice road and opened the throttle. Was a lot of fun.

Of course this does not mean it will definitely run fine tomorrow. I can carry spare plugs and check for a spark (keeping fingers and tongue well out of the way) should the problem happen again. If there is a spark I can start to look elsewhere. But for now I am not going to worry.

And obviously, thanks for all the tips. I'll keep you posted if there are further developments.

Ashley

Well I never said the point could talk so therefore it is by default of no one a mute moot point....or should that be a moot mute point...I don't know....I iz so confuzed

Aloha....Mike

:roflmao:. It looks like Ashley got his problem fixed. I like it when a guy gets all our advice, sorts thru it, and gets back on the road. So. Lucifer was right - it was the IAC pindle, whatever that is LOL. Would its function be similar to the choke or the idle air mix screw on a carbed bike? I iz so confused . . .

It is more like the choke... here's how it's described on Harley-Performance.com

IAC - Idle Air Control - An electricvalve that's threaded, one turn of the valve is called a "step." It's controlled by output signals from the ECM to open and close as needed to allow enough air into the engine for starting and idle operation. (Throttle closed) The more steps, the greater the amount of air enters the engine through the IAC passages. It's that ugly looking black thing you can see just inside and over the top of the air cleaner.

If your crank breather is still routed to the intake,you should clean it out periodically,like every other oil change, or better yet,IMO route the breather to the atmosphere to keep the oil mist out of the intake

Learn somethin' new just about every day here. I never thought routing oil mist thru the intake was a good idea, anyway. Kinda thinkin' the EPA is behind all that mess. EPA = Enviornmental Pantywaist Assrags.

No, me either...I've always said that if William Harley or Arthur Davidson wanted oil to go into the combustion chamber,they'd have made them 2 strokes

I think the fix is the drilling out to a larger (1/8") the drain holes under the umbrella valves in the rocket assembly. Get the oil draining backdown to the crankcase faster and away from the breather port to the carb.

I found that leaving
the oil level about a 1/2 pint low solves the dripping from air cleaner problem.

Agreed, It's not designed well enough but, if you leave the oil level just a bit below the full line it will keep the pipes,and side covers free of oil.

Those all help,but it doesn't matter what you do if the breathers go to the intake,there's going to be oil mist going in too...you can cut the amount down,but not cut it out, unless the breathers are re-routed...