QuestionCarborator adjustment needed on the 67 it air mix or something. I can adjust the mix and it starts but each time I have to adj it or it won't start. Hoping to get someone that can do the work to get it stabilizaed.
The 68 starts but the clutched got stucked and it need replaced. Do you know of anyone in the Akron or Cleveland, Ohio area that can work on these. I can't seem to locate anyone. I did buy a clutch assembly on ebay but have no one to install it.
HOPING YOU CAN HELP. I'd be willing to transport both 300 miles if I need to.
AnswerRobin, Carburetor adjustments are the LAST thing to do after a major tuneup on a Dream (or anything else). The ignition timing, especially, is critical and must be set accurately before the carburetor can be adjusted at all.
You really need to have someone (or do it yourself with my restoration guide files) check and clean the carburetors on both bikes. If the passages are plugged up with deposits or the float levels are not set correctly, then you will have a really difficult time with these bikes.
The clutch repair is really pretty easy, if you have some decent tools and a book to follow. Drain the oil, remove the left muffler, knock the screws loose on the oil filter cover and clutch cover and whack the cover with a soft mallet if necessary. Once the cover is off, everything is exposed, plus you can clean the oil filter and reassemble it all before you put the cover back on again. Getting the old gasket material is the worst part of that job. Clutch plates get stuck together when the bikes are left for years on end.
Taking the four bolts off, evenly, will allow access to the plates. Slide them out as a unit, peel them apart, check the steel plates for flatness and smoothness and reassemble again. Sometimes, you do have to replace the steel plates, if they get really rusted on the surfaces or are warped.
Join the honda305 group at Yahoo and the www.vjmc.org mail list, then ask the groups who can work on these bikes for you, if you really don't want to do this yourself. Owning older bikes means having to know how to work on them, in most case, or at least understanding the principles of how they operate.
Bill Silver
www.vintagehonda.com
