Took the Guzzi for a ride today. When I got home my wife noticed the safety inspection had expired
last September. Went to the station and the inspector called me right in. He checked the lights,
horn, brakes, etc, and said everything looked good. He wrote up the paperwork, put the sticker on
the bike, and then said, "What's that puddle under your bike?"

I looked down and sure enough, there was a puddle about a foot wide on the concrete. I told him it
must have come from the car just before me. Then I reached down and got a dab on my finger.
Gasoline. The right carb was leaking like a cow ****ing on a flat rock.

But, he let the inspection stand! I guess after about 15 years of inspecting this same bike, without
a problem, he figured I'd fix it.

Had to order some carb parts. From Holland. Couldn't find them in US. Oh well.

On 5/26/2018 5:27 PM, John H. wrote:

Took the Guzzi for a ride today. When I got home my wife noticed the safety inspection had expired
last September. Went to the station and the inspector called me right in. He checked the lights,
horn, brakes, etc, and said everything looked good. He wrote up the paperwork, put the sticker on
the bike, and then said, "What's that puddle under your bike?"

I looked down and sure enough, there was a puddle about a foot wide on the concrete. I told him it
must have come from the car just before me. Then I reached down and got a dab on my finger.
Gasoline. The right carb was leaking like a cow ****ing on a flat rock.

But, he let the inspection stand! I guess after about 15 years of inspecting this same bike, without
a problem, he figured I'd fix it.

Had to order some carb parts. From Holland. Couldn't find them in US. Oh well.



Similar thing happened to me many, many years ago. Brought my beat up
old Ford in for a yearly safety inspection and sticker.
As I pulled into the inspection bay and stepped on the brake, it went
almost to the floor. I guessed that it was probably a ruptured
hydraulic line and since it had a dual (split) master cylinder I could
make it home on either front or rear brakes only and fix it.

Inspection went fine. Guy was preparing to slap a new inspection
sticker on the windshield when another customer who was hanging around
while his car was being worked on said, "Hey ... what's this puddle?
Smells like brake fluid."

That was the end of my inspection sticker.

On Sat, 26 May 2018 17:27:23 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Took the Guzzi for a ride today. When I got home my wife noticed the safety inspection had expired
last September. Went to the station and the inspector called me right in. He checked the lights,
horn, brakes, etc, and said everything looked good. He wrote up the paperwork, put the sticker on
the bike, and then said, "What's that puddle under your bike?"

I looked down and sure enough, there was a puddle about a foot wide on the concrete. I told him it
must have come from the car just before me. Then I reached down and got a dab on my finger.
Gasoline. The right carb was leaking like a cow ****ing on a flat rock.

But, he let the inspection stand! I guess after about 15 years of inspecting this same bike, without
a problem, he figured I'd fix it.

Had to order some carb parts. From Holland. Couldn't find them in US. Oh well.

I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I
just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out
2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and
it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a
few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my
face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on.
Harry will be happy, I paid the man. The filter base itself was bad.
On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much.

On 5/26/2018 10:13 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2018 17:27:23 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Took the Guzzi for a ride today. When I got home my wife noticed the safety inspection had expired
last September. Went to the station and the inspector called me right in. He checked the lights,
horn, brakes, etc, and said everything looked good. He wrote up the paperwork, put the sticker on
the bike, and then said, "What's that puddle under your bike?"

I looked down and sure enough, there was a puddle about a foot wide on the concrete. I told him it
must have come from the car just before me. Then I reached down and got a dab on my finger.
Gasoline. The right carb was leaking like a cow ****ing on a flat rock.

But, he let the inspection stand! I guess after about 15 years of inspecting this same bike, without
a problem, he figured I'd fix it.

Had to order some carb parts. From Holland. Couldn't find them in US. Oh well.

I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I
just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out
2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and
it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a
few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my
face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on.
Harry will be happy, I paid the man. The filter base itself was bad.
On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much.



Shuda just rolled it over on it's side and replaced the base.

On Sat, 26 May 2018 22:13:59 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2018 17:27:23 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Took the Guzzi for a ride today. When I got home my wife noticed the safety inspection had expired
last September. Went to the station and the inspector called me right in. He checked the lights,
horn, brakes, etc, and said everything looked good. He wrote up the paperwork, put the sticker on
the bike, and then said, "What's that puddle under your bike?"

I looked down and sure enough, there was a puddle about a foot wide on the concrete. I told him it
must have come from the car just before me. Then I reached down and got a dab on my finger.
Gasoline. The right carb was leaking like a cow ****ing on a flat rock.

But, he let the inspection stand! I guess after about 15 years of inspecting this same bike, without
a problem, he figured I'd fix it.

Had to order some carb parts. From Holland. Couldn't find them in US. Oh well.

I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I
just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out
2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and
it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a
few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my
face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on.
Harry will be happy, I paid the man. The filter base itself was bad.
On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much.

My float and the float needle look fine, but I can't think of any other place that would leak the
gas that fast.

On 5/26/2018 10:13 PM, wrote:

I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I
just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out
2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and
it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a
few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my
face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on.
Harry will be happy, I paid the man.Â* The filter base itself was bad.
On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much.


Hey, I change the spark plug on my chain saw every few years!
I don't sharpen the chain, though. I have two chains. When the one on
the saw gets dull, I swap it out with the other one, the one that I have
sharpened. Then I drop the dull chain off to get sharpened. I don't see
the problem in doing "the bizyness" with honest, local tradespeople.

On Sun, 27 May 2018 07:12:28 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2018 22:13:59 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2018 17:27:23 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Took the Guzzi for a ride today. When I got home my wife noticed the safety inspection had expired
last September. Went to the station and the inspector called me right in. He checked the lights,
horn, brakes, etc, and said everything looked good. He wrote up the paperwork, put the sticker on
the bike, and then said, "What's that puddle under your bike?"

I looked down and sure enough, there was a puddle about a foot wide on the concrete. I told him it
must have come from the car just before me. Then I reached down and got a dab on my finger.
Gasoline. The right carb was leaking like a cow ****ing on a flat rock.

But, he let the inspection stand! I guess after about 15 years of inspecting this same bike, without
a problem, he figured I'd fix it.

Had to order some carb parts. From Holland. Couldn't find them in US. Oh well.

I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I
just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out
2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and
it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a
few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my
face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on.
Harry will be happy, I paid the man. The filter base itself was bad.
On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much.

My float and the float needle look fine, but I can't think of any other place that would leak the
gas that fast.
Make sure the float is actually floating. If it is a foam plastic one
they can get slugged with gas and affect the float level. Without
actually weighing one on a pretty good scale it is hard to tell. That
was a common problem on Rochester carbs.

On Sun, 27 May 2018 11:56:40 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


On 5/26/2018 10:13 PM, wrote:

I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I
just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out
2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and
it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a
few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my
face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on.
Harry will be happy, I paid the man.Â* The filter base itself was bad.
On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much.


Hey, I change the spark plug on my chain saw every few years!
I don't sharpen the chain, though. I have two chains. When the one on
the saw gets dull, I swap it out with the other one, the one that I have
sharpened. Then I drop the dull chain off to get sharpened. I don't see
the problem in doing "the bizyness" with honest, local tradespeople.

You must not use your chain saw much or you just get used to a dull
chain.

Keyser Soze wrote:

On 5/26/2018 10:13 PM, wrote:

I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I
just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out
2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and
it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a
few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my
face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on.
Harry will be happy, I paid the man.Â* The filter base itself was bad.
On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much.


Hey, I change the spark plug on my chain saw every few years!
I don't sharpen the chain, though. I have two chains. When the one on
the saw gets dull, I swap it out with the other one, the one that I have
sharpened. Then I drop the dull chain off to get sharpened. I don't see
the problem in doing "the bizyness" with honest, local tradespeople.


I have a Dremel grinder. Sharpens the chainsaw quickly and easily. Very
convenient when cutting a bunch of stuff, and gets dull, or you clip a
rock, etc. not super science to sharpen a blade.

On Sun, 27 May 2018 12:17:15 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 27 May 2018 07:12:28 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2018 22:13:59 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2018 17:27:23 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Took the Guzzi for a ride today. When I got home my wife noticed the safety inspection had expired
last September. Went to the station and the inspector called me right in. He checked the lights,
horn, brakes, etc, and said everything looked good. He wrote up the paperwork, put the sticker on
the bike, and then said, "What's that puddle under your bike?"

I looked down and sure enough, there was a puddle about a foot wide on the concrete. I told him it
must have come from the car just before me. Then I reached down and got a dab on my finger.
Gasoline. The right carb was leaking like a cow ****ing on a flat rock.

But, he let the inspection stand! I guess after about 15 years of inspecting this same bike, without
a problem, he figured I'd fix it.

Had to order some carb parts. From Holland. Couldn't find them in US. Oh well.

I noticed my Honda was dripping a little oil a couple weeks ago. I
just topped it up and went on with my life. The next day it pumped out
2 quarts in 2 miles leaving a trail up into my driveway. I looked and
it was leaking around the oil filter housing. I fooled with it for a
few minutes and decided laying under a car with oil dripping in my
face was not what I wanted to do. This Honda is miserable to work on.
Harry will be happy, I paid the man. The filter base itself was bad.
On a lift, replacing it was trivial but under the car, not so much.

My float and the float needle look fine, but I can't think of any other place that would leak the
gas that fast.
Make sure the float is actually floating. If it is a foam plastic one
they can get slugged with gas and affect the float level. Without
actually weighing one on a pretty good scale it is hard to tell. That
was a common problem on Rochester carbs.

They're plastic. When I took them out they felt normal and had nothing inside. When I put them back
and turned the gas back on, the carb started leaking way too fast for a float tofill up. But, I have
them immersed in water now. We'll see if they float after a couple hours. I'm thinking they will.