what did you wrench on today??

[steve murdoch]

Wrenched on the garage today, making space in the garage for the winter lay-up...a sad day.

[pete]

Pretty much finished shaping the seat foam ready to take up to the upholsterer on Thursday and got the throttle and choke cables hooked up as well.

[ScrumDown]

My 87 Ford pick up - removed headlight assembly to dry inside of headlight * buff the outside so it will pass inspection.

Started the bike. decided that I'll remove the carbs this week or coming weekend. The choke is acting funny and making it ideal/run wrong.

[Normk]

Pulled the carbs. from a CBR400 and replaced fuel transfer tube "O" rings as it was dripping fuel from the left end of the tube. Found the intake vacuum port hose missing so the nipple on the left outer carb. was wide open. That may explain the rough idle he mentioned after I told him about the hose.

My normal luck would be to change the "O" rings, reinstall the carbs. and have him mention, "By the way...." when he was picking up the bike.

Back to it tomorrow to finish then a rear pinion seal on a Toyota 4x4, and after that drop the carrier out of SWMBO's MG Midget as the differential howls a bit and there is a tiny drip from the carrier.

Then do a front oil pan reseal on the same MG. Did you know that the front oil pan cross block is sealed by two wooden wedges on the 1500 Midget and Triumph Spitfires? They look like hammer handle wedges for a 5 pound hammer which sort of makes sense as a 5 pound hammer is the tool best intended for discussion Britt. car design.

[keman]

So, my 1993 GMC SUBURBAN has been slowly getting more and more gutless... ran injector cleaner. .. nope! Changed the plugs, new wires , cap and rotor. .. Still gutless!

Took it to my long term family mechanic, told him what was going on. .. He asked when was the last time I had changed the fuel filter...?


I felt like a newb! Classic symptom for a restricted fuel filter is the slow loss of power over an extended time period.

One new filter, ten minutes. .. more power than I remember... My girlfriends think I should trade the burban for a short bus. They just shake their heads and smile.

[pete]

Finished shaping the seat foam as much as I can, will get the upholsterers to do the little bits of tidy up required.

Also got the Dynatek static timing done.

And the non-wrenching stuff... ordered tyres and made sure the upholsterers are right for me to drop the seat up on Thursday...

[rustybronco]

I finally found the time to check the wiring on my future daughter-in-law's Chrysler Intrepid.

the wire from the ASD (auto shut down) relay to the alternator field checked out and the same with the wire from the alternator to #8 pin on the PCM. I have voltage coming out of the ASD to the field for a second/ second and a half without the engine running. so the relay checks okay. It's definitely a PCM driver transistor issue. I'll be converting it over to an external voltage regulator in the next few days or so if my schedule permits.

also, I started cleaning up and played around with the 'well' used Iwata LPH400-LV4* I had just bought. expect to see the effects of it 'hopefully soon' in an upcoming thread update.

*Pete, this ones your's to figure out...

[GS ace]

I finally removed all of the funk from the fork lowers of the 1000G I'm working on. They looked like they were diseased. It also looked like whoever replaced the fork seals were pretty rough on them.

[pete]

I finally found the time to check the wiring on my future daughter-in-law's Chrysler Intrepid.

the wire from the ASD (auto shut down) relay to the alternator field checked out and the same with the wire from the alternator to #8 pin on the PCM. I have voltage coming out of the ASD to the field for a second/ second and a half without the engine running. so the relay checks okay. It's definitely a PCM driver transistor issue. I'll be converting it over to an external voltage regulator in the next few days or so if my schedule permits.

also, I started cleaning up and played around with the 'well' used Iwata LPH400-LV4* I had just bought. expect to see the effects of it 'hopefully soon' in an upcoming thread update.

*Pete, this ones your's to figure out...

Future daughter-in-law hey? Does she know she's going to be proposed to?

And wow that's an expensive gun! Looks like a good 'un though Being well used I bet you got a deal...

[tlg1100]

Couldn't resist!

[pete]

Hahhaha nice one! Bizarre but fun...

Forgot to say what I did last night, although nothing ground breaking...

Gave the seat a final once over for its trip to the upholsterer today, got JB Weld around the filler neck as per Larry's excellent advice, and got my fuel and vacuum hoses cut to length ready to install... oh and my piece of smoked clear acrylic perspex arrived yesterday... for an undisclosed at present purpose...

[rustybronco]

Future daughter-in-law hey? Does she know she's going to be proposed to?

And wow that's an expensive gun! Looks like a good 'un though Being well used I bet you got a deal...

Naaaa... just went out into the field and picked one out...

We have sheep's here also...


Pete, not a great deal, just an okay kind of deal. it was $185 shipped.

worse comes to worse, I can use it on the Skunk then shoot the 300M in the spring and re-sell it when I'm done. but, I really doubt I'll want to sell it

[niclpnut]

Picket up a 78 750 supersport for a couple hundred bucks. Came with 2 engines. One with a spun rod bearing and the other with seized pistons.

Opening up the one with the seized pistons. Had a puddle of water in #4.




Ditching the points and getting a dyna S. Thinking about an 836 overbore kit if both cylinders can't be honed out. Top ends just need to be cleaned up...valves lapped and new stem seals.

Nic

[7981GS]

You might ask this Ebay seller if he has a kit for your year motor:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/69-77-HONDA-CB750K-PISTON-BIGBORE-65mm-SET-GASKET-/140554333807?hash=item20b9b0ee6f&item=140554333807&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#ht_1100wt_1165

Daniel

[Hoosier Daddy]

...or check with Ken at Cycle-X
http://www.cyclexchange.net/Engine%20Parts%20Page.htm