what did you wrench on today??

[dorkburger]

My Echo leaf blower has been an incredibly dependable machine for the last 15 years, but it has become a bit cold blooded over the last few years. I figured it was the carburetor.
The other day it straight up gave me the finger and did nothing. The plug was either bone dry or soaked. I took it apart checked the carb, etc. nothing. Compression was good, spark was good. I bought a cheap Chinese kit from eBay to replace the cheap Chinese OE carb. It came with an equally cheap Chinese spark plug, fuel lines and an incorrect air filter- for $14, free shipping. It arrived, I installed it, and.... same exact thing. I was frustrated and felt like a low level parts changer.

Licking my wounds, I turned to YouTube. A million carb replacement videos and only one that made sense and was a quiet whisper in the back of my mind.
Spark timing. Turns out that there must have been some “value engineering”. The crank has a spot machined for a woodruff key. The rotor simply has a built in tab to engage slot instead of a key and slot. Or in my case... had. Not wanting to spend more money and with leaves piling up, I put the rotor in its proper location, blue locktited the crank taper and reinstalled the rotor. “Fixed” for now.

[Brendan W]

BMW 520 turned up with lots of water in the rear passenger footwell. Owner was seriously considering swimming lessons for the child.
Looks like the RHD versions have history with a bizarre water management system in front of the blank plug for the steering column hole on the passenger side.
Followed the footsteps of others who posted their experience. We'll see.

[93Bandit]

I didn't wrench on the bikes, but I did install a heater in my garage. It's a necessity in MI! Now that my garage is heated, I'll have more motivation to work on the bikes throughout the winter. I never have time when the weather's nice so it'll be great taking advantage of my spare time during the colder months.

[Brendan W]

Fitted a new plastic thermostat housing with thermostat and temperature sender to the car, a Renault Grand Scenic.
The temperature gauge displays bars. Five bars is normal. Recently in had started dropping to four.
Scanner showed it running at 77C/170F. One bar on the display is a big chunk of temperature.
An analogue temperature gauge would have showed this up earlier I imagine.
Who knows how long it had been running cool.
Cycling away now in the low to mid 90s C.

[Big T]

Spiffing up a bicycle I got for the wife for Xmas.
It's suffering from a bit of neglect, as the previous owner had a year plus battle with cancer.

It's hard to find bikes with really large frames. The prior owner is 6'6", so the frame should keep her from being hunched over.

A bit of polish and lube, and it will be ready.

[GS1150Pilot]

I spent some time today working on a used kids' mountain bike for my nephew. Trued wheels, adjusted shifting, lubed chain, adjusted brakes, installed new tires and new grips.

[Wolf]

Found that my battery runs dead in 3 days on my GS1000E so without a multi meter i checked wiring around reg/rec and found dry solder joint in reg/rec earth , as well as a stator lead not connected properly
With those rectified and temporarily insulated i will test charge rate at work in a 4hrs

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Wolf. Buy a voltmeter. They’re cheap. Gotta Harbor Freight nearby? As Ed Ness always says “to measure is to know.”

edit: sorry, don’t know what stores you may have in SA.

[Wolf]

Have one but its at work thing can even read rpm if the pulse clamp is connected

[ddaniels]

I had to put new front wheel bearing hubs and rotors on my 2015 Altima, which my son drives. Not too bad of a job really.

[Grimly]

Unexpected item in the battery area.
To wit, one flat battery.
I discovered that I'd left the ignition switch on when I parked it up.
Luckily, the XJ battery is the same type and fit, so today was the perfect chance to give it a workout.

[Jerry]

Yesterday Hew tires today sync Carbs. With my new Morgan Carbtune pro . So much easier to sync carbs with it than my old gauges and more accurate
IMG_3935 by Gerald Kaiser, on Flickr

[GS1150Pilot]

Changed the oil and filter on the Soul yesterday. The best laid out car I've ever seen for that. Would have been a 15 minute job if the gorilla who tightened the drain plug last oil change (before I bought it) hadn't treated it like it was a crank pulley bolt.

[93Bandit]

Finally getting started on my 750. Carbs removed and disassembled. Plan to begin cleaning tomorrow

[Wolf]

Got the GSX rider peg plates fitted to my Gs1000 20211219_223002.jpg