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[Thunderbird 350] Coldstarting Issues.
Enfield veterans. I borrowed an 2003 model Thunderbird (the AVL engine one) from a friend for the weekend. It has major issues cold starting and I have no idea what's happening. Maybe it's one of those things that only Enfield enthusiasts are blessed with. Starting the bike on a cold morning without cussing to heaven.
Here is what I have been doing,
1.) Choke on
2.) Decompressor on
3.) Soft single kick (more of a push to the kick lever)
4.) Choke off
5.) Decompressor off
6.) Kick many times, use cuss words
7.) Ask a passerby to help me push-start the damn thing.
I have tried combinations of these without any effect. Once I warm up the engine, it starts fine with a single kick. So I guess my 'kicking style' isn't the issue. Kicking the cold engine doesn't give me any resistance from the pistons whatsoever. It's flat. I can't find the sweet TDC spot which makes me theorize that the decompressor doesn't work. This is just an intuition and would love to get some ideas/feedback.
I could take this to the mechanic and see if changing something would fix it but I'd like to have some thoughts on what I am doing wrong first.
I asked my friend about it and he said I am just not an 'Enfield' guy.
Here is what I have been doing,
1.) Choke on
2.) Decompressor on
3.) Soft single kick (more of a push to the kick lever)
4.) Choke off
5.) Decompressor off
6.) Kick many times, use cuss words
7.) Ask a passerby to help me push-start the damn thing.
I have tried combinations of these without any effect. Once I warm up the engine, it starts fine with a single kick. So I guess my 'kicking style' isn't the issue. Kicking the cold engine doesn't give me any resistance from the pistons whatsoever. It's flat. I can't find the sweet TDC spot which makes me theorize that the decompressor doesn't work. This is just an intuition and would love to get some ideas/feedback.
I could take this to the mechanic and see if changing something would fix it but I'd like to have some thoughts on what I am doing wrong first.
I asked my friend about it and he said I am just not an 'Enfield' guy.
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