Hey y'all. First time lurker here. I've been rebuilding a '96 K5, and it just came back from a mechanic who replaced the crank bearings, seals, etc. Low hour bike, but was drinking trans fluid at a rapid rate and smoking like crazy! Since it came back, on initial start-up, ran for about 1-2 seconds, then died. Then really strange backfires, kickbacks, but wouldn't start. Searching here - figured it was woodruff. Correct. Replaced it. And the EXACT same thing happened. Two things at work here: Bottom end work and I also installed a Steahly flywheel weight. Pretty sure I installed it correctly...but dunno. Not sure if the timing is radically off BEFORE I started it both times, or only after the key sheared. Looking at the stator vs. pictures of other bikes, etc...it isn't radically off visibly.
Possible my guy installed a flywheel off another bike or is there a way to do the crank wrong and have it be off? Any ideas?
Thanks, I'm scratching my head here. And yes - I searched first!