ccdhowell
08-04-2008, 06:23 PM
My T3 has been down since last Thanksgiving. It died during a run at Little Sahara, Ok two days before Thanksgiving; it was the stator and flywheel. I finally got it back together in April and took it riding with a buddy. Buddy worked on my all day and finally I let him ride it. It took him all of 20 seconds to flip it really nasty; bent the triples. I let it sit until two weeks ago, bought forks and triple off ebay, rebuilt the forks, new bearings in the triples and new Kenda Front Max tire, yea I like the fat front look. I put it all together today and boy do I feel better now. No more bent front end and no more free rides for anybody but another Tecate rider. Most folks just don't understand the powerband of the Tecate engine and can't handle it. I'm used to it and it's still brutal. I rode my Tecate around a bit and it scared the hell out of me twice when the powerband hit and I wasn't even hard it the throttle. Kinda funny, I had forgotten how fast it was...and I've been racing my Raptor all year, it's slow by comparison.
Anyway, I do have a question. I can't seem to get the timing quite right. I bought a stator off ebay and it didn't have the marks to line up with the marks inside the case so I guessed. Got it wrong a couple times, then I got it started and hooked up a tack and got out my timing light and checked and adjusted it until it was where it was supposed to be. But it still doesn't kick right. The kick doesn't freely spin the engine, like the engine is really tight, but take the plug out and it spins freely...it's the timing. Today after I got it back together I took the flywheel off and turned the stator plate clockwise a bit more, I think this retards the timing. Anyway, it kicks the same, still bound up, but when you get it running, it's not too hard, starts pretty good really. After it fires off it idles too high, like it has an air leak and it doesn't have an air leak, I checked. So the question is, will it idle too high and and a little iratically if the timing is retarded just a bit too far?
Thanks,
Chris
Anyway, I do have a question. I can't seem to get the timing quite right. I bought a stator off ebay and it didn't have the marks to line up with the marks inside the case so I guessed. Got it wrong a couple times, then I got it started and hooked up a tack and got out my timing light and checked and adjusted it until it was where it was supposed to be. But it still doesn't kick right. The kick doesn't freely spin the engine, like the engine is really tight, but take the plug out and it spins freely...it's the timing. Today after I got it back together I took the flywheel off and turned the stator plate clockwise a bit more, I think this retards the timing. Anyway, it kicks the same, still bound up, but when you get it running, it's not too hard, starts pretty good really. After it fires off it idles too high, like it has an air leak and it doesn't have an air leak, I checked. So the question is, will it idle too high and and a little iratically if the timing is retarded just a bit too far?
Thanks,
Chris