• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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1978 250cr won't start- Can you help?

samp615

samp615

Husqvarna
C Class
This is my first Husky and I cannot get the dang thing started. Here's the bike's set up:

Currently the kill switch is disconnected and is just a blue wire hanging off. When I kicked the bike I did see a spark between the wire end and the bare metal frame. Does the wire need to be touching the frame to start of not?

The throttle and carb travel very, very little and I cannot figure out why. I don't think its the throttle cable, but the carb slide really barely travels.



There is spark, but it isn;t starting. The bike seems complete. The headlights and taillight are not connected. I am unsure if the carb is original as it looks like there is two vacuum nipples on each side, but could this be a breather?


What do you think? What are the common problems and steps to get a bike that hasn;t been started in a while?
 
Check your slide, sounds like the needle is not in the jet. you should have all kinds of travel on the slide. When you put the slide in the needle has a tendency to not go straight down in the needle jet. If its a one wire kill switch it needs to be off the bar (not grounded).Pull the plug and see if you have spark.
 
Like Bill said , sounds like the slides not bottoming in the carb.

If the bike has been started in a while, i'd tank off check the coil wires & follow that blue wire & see were it goes. If it goes to 1 end of the
coil then it probably the kill switch wire, but don't assume. Then i'd pull the carb off, unscrew the top & then see how clean the float bowl (bottom) looks & the rest of the inside of the carb. Even if it looks clean spray some carb cleaner through the jets anyway. When you think it's clean, look at how the carb slide works, twist the throttle, slide should move easily, make sure the needle not jammed up. If it's move easy, slide the slide back in to the top of the carb, there a notch in the slide that matches one on the inside of the carb. As you slide it down make sure the needle goes in to the jet, don't jam it. Once it sits down in there correctly, screw the top back on & twist the trottle a couple of times. The slide should raise & lower with very little effort, put the carb back on & check routing of throttle cable so there not binding.

Lube the cable by unscrew the top of the throttle housing & I usually like to use motor oil as a lube. Make sure the throttle still working easy, then put the tank back on. Gas (fresh) & choke on, couple of kick as long a you have spark & it should fire up :thumbsup:.

Husky John
 
Thank you so much. yall ere totally right. I fixed the carb needle. It didn't kick start at first, so I rode down a hill and it went eventually. Rode well. very. very , very loud and smoky but I'll figure out that next. Hopefully I'll make it a fun ride around town bike.
 
Smokey might be old oil and too much of it, could also be the engine seals have died and your sucking gearbox oil in to the motor (and making it hard to kick start.) does it idle nicely or is it hunting up and down?
 
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