[Tanx] Fwd: TA --- vacuum hose leak.

[Terry Haskins]

Thank  you…  good  info,  I still have  mine ,  but  don’t  ride  any  more  for  multiple  reasons….  I  have  a  89  blue  and  white  Transalp  that  has 13K on it  and is  almost  perfect  and  a   1989 NX250  that  has  3K  on it, also  in perfect condition.  I  would  like to sell  both  for  5K and  4 K respectively.  The  only  problem is  that they  have  not  been started  in  2 years.  Is any  body interested  ,  I’m  in  Richmond  , NH.

 

From: Tanx <tanx-bounces at lists.micapeak.com> On Behalf Of Tracy Cerrato via Tanx
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Subject: [Tanx] Fwd: TA --- vacuum hose leak.

 

A bit of TA advice from Herm...

Tracy 

 





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From: Hermann Kasper <hermannkasper at hotmail.com <mailto:hermannkasper at hotmail.com> >

Subject: TA --- vacuum hose leak.

Date: October 15, 2020 at 8:08:51 PM EDT

To: Tracy Cerrato <tcrrto at comcast.net <mailto:tcrrto at comcast.net> >

 

Hi Tracy---

 

The following might be of interested to TA owners. Care to send  it out?

 

Today I was on a ride , when the engine started to stutter --again. This had happened before, but it always recovered. 

Fiddling with the fuel petcock ( ON /RES ) had helped in the past. 

I thought I might have a partial blockage in the petcock and had planned to take it apart-- as soon as practical (= an almost empty tank.)

 

This time fiddling did not help. 

 

I rolled to a stop.

 

I also was considering an Ignition module failure  . ( I always do carry 2 spare modules on the bike! 😉 )

 

Stranded on the road side , I was just about to install the new modules , when I decided to check the petcock first.

 

Long story short: 

 

the vacuum hose to the carb  had a small tear (= air leak )  very close to one end , thus intermittently shutting off the fuel ! 

 

I cut off the end (about 10mm)

 

Luckily--the hose was still long enough to function. 

 

 

After that , the engine ran fine again. 👍

 

 

 

Tomorrow I will get a new vac  hose for the carb!😊

 

(After all-- that piece of rubber hose was 31 yrs old!!)

 

Herm

 

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