Sentinel357
Active Member
I wanted to take an opportunity to thank all the helpful members of this forum. Last year my 99 V-Max would only run with the choke on, boy was I stressed even to the point of considering to sell it. Money is tight for everyone including my household. I did not want to put an additional financial strain on my family. However this bike was a gift from my wife back in 2001 and she knows how much it means to me. She told me that if it can be fixed we will find a way. So I began searching the forum and low and behold this is a common problem. First thing I did was attempt the shotgun but to make matters worse one of my idle mixture screws would not come out( also a common problem) I also used the carb cleaner method recommended here to determine if there are any vacuum leaks and yup there sure were. So far with the help of this forum I performed the shotgun, unsuccessfully, but without this forum I would not even know to try. I was able to determine that indeed there were vacuum leaks. So I broke it down to my wife and she said go for it. I contacted Sean at Morley's Muscle and set up a carb swap, but who is going to remove the carbs? O ya me. Once again the forum was there for me with a step by step, lots of pictures from members who are or have done the same thing. With the confidence given to me by the members here I was able to remove the carbs and intake manifold. So I sent the carbs to Sean and continued to work on the vacuun leak issues. I found that all my boots had huge slices under the clamps where I could not see. I also found slices in the carb sync tube covers. I replaced the boots and covers along with the vboost manifold o-rings and awaited the carbs from Sean. When the carbs came in I was a little reluctant to install them mostly because I was worried that it all would not go back together right after all the time and money put into it. Once again back to the forum I went to get the help I needed. I re-installed everything crossed my fingers and guess what happened? The angels sung and the thunder cracked. O wait that's the sound of my V-Max kicking over. It fired up right away. WOOOHOOO!!!. Based on this forum I picked up a Morgan Carbtune II and synced the carbs. I am happy to say that she is still running. I have owned this bike since 2001 and I feel like it runs like it did when I got it. Anyways sorry for the long post. I just wanted to make sure that everyone here knows what kind of positive impact you have on those who need it, and I sure needed it. Without this forum I am sure I would have sold my V-Max by now. So once again a heart felt thank you to all the members of this forum and thank you Sean for the beautiful re-built carbs and for your patience with my all my questions and concerns.
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