Thanks Victor. I followed Danny's instructions for this repair to the letter and mine turned out very nice as well. Getting everything clean and grease-free with the CRC electrical contact cleaner (aerosol) was important. Then I used the recommended Permatex Ultra RTV Grey sealant to hold my broken-...

Thanks again for your help with troubleshooting things Danny. We just about have the carb tuning finished now too. A bit rich on the first part of throttle opening, so I'm going to order a smaller pilot jet and hopefully that should do the trick

Yeah...there are a million and one opinions on when, where and how to use dielectric grease. Here's one from another forum that I tend to agree with: "Sorry, perhaps I should have explained a bit better. The specific formulation of dielectric grease allows for many typical mechanical electrical...

Thanks for the link to that Vintage Connections website Bob! Sadly, I'm now back to more carburetion issues, but they seem to be at least a little bit easier to diagnose than electrical gremlins.

Success! Well...THAT was embarrassing. Took the fuel tank and seat off to begin the wiring troubleshooting process. Starting with the kill switch, I followed those two wires down to the coil where they plug in to one of those infamous "2 into 1" butt connectors. I grabbed one of the aforem...

Thank you Danny. I'll get the old one out of there when I locate the new one up near the coil.

Thank you Danny! I'll pick up both the sealant and the contact cleaner today and get to work. The coils themselves aren't damaged at all, so the insulator repair should be all I need to take care of. As far as the bike not starting, I will check the back of the stator for sure. You mentioned the con...

Hey guys - Well...I'm once again at a complete loss as to what happened. As some of you may have read, I had a float bowl overflow issue that I have now resolved. Unfortunately, I can't get the bike to fire now. The last time the bike was running was this past Sunday, when I shut off the fuel petcoc...

Thanks for the tips Ed. We barely bent the float arm tang at all, but yes...it was ever so slightly off from being parallel with the gasket surface. I guess I don't know for sure if that is what was causing the problem with the overflow nipple drip, but I do know that it no longer exists. Since the ...

Dale - Floats are in correctly; we were very careful when reassembling the carburetor. I also smelled gas as I was kicking the bike over, so I think this is probably electrical in nature. I'm guessing it's my points, as I did end up checking for spark late last night and I have NONE. I'm going to cl...

Thank you for that information Dale! The factory specs for the model 02 Road Toad actually call for the clip to be placed in that 4th notch down from the top of the needle. I figured I'd start with that and go from there. Thank you as well for mentioning the measuring of the needles. I'd like to ass...

Funny you should mention that Bill! I got home from the mechanic's shop tonight and was planning on connecting the fuel line to the carb to check again for leaks when I looked down at the carb and the fuel inlet fitting was gone! It was back at the shop...stuck in the fuel line we used there. My mec...

Thanks for all the additional suggestions guys! I took the carb off and my mechanic and I took it apart tonight. The brand new float valve and seat are fine; we ruled out problems with those by a simple vacuum/suction test. The float level was already set a bit low, and we moved it even a bit lower....

Yep Bullfrog...an inline filter is present and clean and the float valve and seat brand new. Guess I'll look at it with a magnifying glass for any possible issues, but since the carb was doing the same thing before the cleaning & rebuild (dripping from the overflow nipple), I'm thinking it's som...

Thanks for the suggestions. Darrell...the only float height "measurement" I can seem to find anywhere for my bike is to adjust the float arm so that it is level with the gasket surface on the carburetor body with the carb inverted and the floats just resting on the spring mounted float nee...

Hey Guys- Well, upon taking my model 99 Road Toad restoration project for a ride today, I immediately noticed that it is running terribly. My guess is that it is running very rich. When I took apart the carburetor and cleaned it in an ultrasonic cleaner several weeks ago, I decided to replace everyt...

Believe it or not Roddy, the rear rack and tool box are original. Very slight pitting, so I left them alone for now. The story I got from the previous owner (I think I'm the third or fourth owner) was that the bike was purchased in 1975 by a guy who bought it for his two daughters to putt around on ...

Just thought I'd throw this out there...only as a possibility. The carb on my recent restoration project, a model 99 Road Toad...also had a small trickling leak on the bottom of the float bowl. When I rebuilt the carb, I put a new float bowl gasket in, along with a float bowl drain plug gasket. When...

Thought I'd post a few photos of the finished bike. I also wanted to say a huge "THANKS" to any of you who helped out with tips, suggestions and answers to the numerous questions I asked here over the past few months. The restoration brought back a lot of memories; I only wish I had owned ...

Just finished timing my Toad with a regular old timing light. I wish I would have gone right to this method from the start. Very simple and straight forward. Using the old "strip of cellophane" method got me close and the timing light allowed me to dial it right to where it needed to be. T...

Ah....I see. Even in the earliest of years, Hodaka was always working on a better idea.

I have to assume that my 99 Road Toad is unique then, as I can remove my magneto cover without needing to take the shift cover/case off at all. Also, the magneto cover itself would cover both timing marks on the engine case if left in place. Are your bikes different?

Awesome shop! I love it.

Thanks JayLael. I'll be riding the bike almost exclusively on the street and I'm just looking for a good ratio that will provide long term reliability. It seems that all this stuff was so much simpler back in '75 when I was 15 and we didn't have too many choices in oil types. The 32:1 option sounds ...

Thanks Danny! I hope to do the timing over the weekend with the old school timing light like you describe. Being single, I'll try to cruise the bars later tonight in search of a woman willing to lend me her nail polish. Err...you know what I mean. It'll be hard for her to resist a man with a Road To...