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  1. mbrood
    You have voltage on one side, but do you have a good GROUND on the other? Also, a corroded or damaged connection on the b+ side will limit the current so even though you have 12v, you can't pump enough current to light the light.
  2. mbrood
    Most courts hold for the women and then for a "couple", regardless. But that's immaterial. Let the kids know you want them to be happy and will always be "there for them" because they are your blood and your brood and YOU can't and would never forget it and that you will always be listening and understanding but they have to give effort to do the same. It ain't neat, but you need to put yourself and them in assurance with the judge's decision "of the moment" and support the decision and opt that things can change when they reach "decision" age or if a new orders come down, but don't push "options" if they are below the age of "decision in court". Your desires come absolutely secondary to your need to make them feel comforted within the confines of the law and your love and what they have placed upon them. Work with it and with them to make them see that you are always there. That's the important point. Behind the scenes you can do a lot but it's not for them to see or feel as an enticement. The MOST important point is to let them know you aren't leaving them, you just can't be AS near, but you will always BE THERE But that's just me....
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    The lower half has a steel "boot" inside so cracks there don't mean much... dress them up with some black RTV and go along your way... cracks in the upper section are actually quite rare. There are actually just two of them... left front and right rear are the same and versa-visa... 26H-13586-00-00 JOINT CARBURETOR 1 26H-13596-00-00 JOINT CARBURETOR 2 The O-ring is common to all 93210-45578-00O O-RING Zanotti has great pricing and good service... http://shop.zanottimotor.com/content/search-part-number unsure what parts numbers are... look them up at Yamaha's site... http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/parts/home.aspx
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    Some of these are meant to be repaired, some are meant to just buy new parts for... it CAN be an effort of love....
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    Ohm testing coils... test from inside plug holder to ignition fuse. You should read about 23K Ohms, 10 for the resistor in the plug holder and 13 for the coil secondary. You can also measure the primary coils by Ohming from the ignition fuse to pin 2,3, 6 and 7 on the TCI for the 3 Ohm reading (these are typically called 3 Ohm ignition coils). http://www.bergall.org/temp/venture/tci/tciplugs.jpg
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    From my experience, if you are getting spark and she won't start or idle it's a problem with the TINY idle jet inside the fuel bowl in the jet block... easily plugged... and the idle mixture screw accessed from the outside just below the diaphragm cover. Typically these are 2 14 to 2 1/2 turns OUT from a lightly seated setting... but all bike cylinders are different and these may darned well need a bit of tweek. If you consistantly get wet plugs on a certain cylinder, I would ease THAT idle mixture jet IN just a bit... and I would do it with her running if possible... if she picks up rpm (it takes a few seconds) then you are on the right track. As was said, it's all down to compression, spark and mixture... you have the first two so now it's down to the final steps... I've fought a bit to get my overhauled carbs back to a nice idle but it's there to be found. (A high accuracy (many digits) tachometer is real helpful n setting the idle mixture screw setting! Four cylinders mask a lot of misadjustment.)
  7. mbrood
    AS I understand it, the Venture has always had a nortoriously weak spark... even new. Since the TCI or CDI simply close and then momentarily open a ground path for the primary side of the coil, a newer coil or a new substitution could likely cure a lot of problems. As said, the quality and cleanliness of the plug wire, plug cap and plug are paramount but easily replaceable. There's bound to be lots of 3 Ohm primary coils out there... just haven't seen any trials on our bikes.
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    What'dya get?

    mbrood replied to Monty's topic in Watering Hole

    Megabrite micro V2 hand crank compact flashlight for the tool bag... no more batteries and long life, darned good light output... fairly cheap and they come two to a pack... wife found them at Kohls. http://www.megabrite.com/megabrite/self_powered/10_139.html http://www.bergall.org/temp/venture/10-139.jpg
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    In Idaho, it's carefully worded... It's illegal for a man to ride a horse or a woman on the opposite side of the street. You just know somewhere in there is a law just meant to be broken...
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    In the parts breakdown, look up Side Cover... item 32 (on the 89 listing), Damper 26h-21747-00-00 http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/parts/home.aspx $8.48 at Zanotti Motors... http://shop.zanottimotor.com/content/search-part-number
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    Rd250,1973

    mbrood replied to danjen's topic in Watering Hole

    RD 250 Pre-liquid cooling sports 250 with fine performance if in very good condition. High rates of engine wear can make this an unwise choice unless mileage is very low and standard very high. 247cc 2-stroke twin. 30hp, 330lb, 50mpg, 95mph. RD 250 LC Faster and more reliable water-cooled offspring of the old RD250. May seem irrelevant as the 350 is easily available, but still fun. Exhausts and carbs can give rise to problems, and be very careful to avoid raced examples. 247cc 2-stroke twin. 35hp, 310lb, 40mpg, 100mph.
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    Yeah, it's rather rough in southern California... and wearing that Santa suit is a flat punishment in this weather... my hat is off to those Santas that ride through the parades down here... they better have cooling vests underneath! Heated grips and seats... what are those for? (most of my family is in Idaho and they don't use very friendly words when we talk about the weather.)
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    Whne the season overwhelms you... some things just don't go as you planned... http://www.bergall.org/temp/xmaslights.jpg Actually, we did a bit more than that... http://www.bergall.org/temp/xmaslights1.jpg and it looks nicer at night. http://www.bergall.org/temp/xmas-lights.wmv
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    Mugs arrived

    mbrood replied to Sling's topic in Watering Hole

    Well, a guy riding a horse slowly rode up the street and dropped off my mugs today... in the future I would suggest NOT using Pony Express to California. (don't know what the delay... don't realy care... they were in fine shape!)
  15. mbrood
    These "ghost" problems that suddenly "cure" themselves are most often waiting to come back. Odds are that with your "jiggling" wires and connectors, you "found" the area of trouble but didn't know it... I would suggest going back in... with the radio on in the ACC position, wiggle the heck out of anything you can touch!
  16. mbrood
    You have three cams working, the diameter of the throttle cam, the twin cams in the junction box and the cam at the carb. The diameter of the thottle cam could be reduced (not much left around that bar) but you would have to match that diameter with the half in the junction box that matches, it HAS to be a 1:1 to keep a pull-pull system. Alternatively you could increase the last two cams... Got a machine shop buddy with nothing to do over the holidays?
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    For $4 you can toss this multimeter in your bag and test a lot of roadside problems. I disconnect the battery so there's never a drain down and replace it each Halloween along with my smoke alarm batteries. Not terribly pretty but if you left it on a roadside... oh well... http://www.harborfreight.com/7-function-digital-multimeter-90899.html http://www.harborfreight.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/370x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/image_2304.jpg I've ALWAYS used chassis ground for all testing... starting with a first test at the fuse panel. If you have 12V there... continue on...
  18. mbrood
    My "American" service manual states BDS34 while this UK pdf service manaul clearly states BDS35... Sure wouldn't be the first time our manuals have been wrong, though ! http://www.yamahaventureclub.co.uk/downloads/19861987XVZ13DSSCTTC.PDF Without any hard current evidence, I would think that any design team, taking her from 1200 to 1300cc by changing the bore, keeping the stroke the same, would opt for a step up in carburation, volume in - volume out. The seach goes on.
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    I have phoned them about description errors, left parts described, right parts shown, 84/85 bags decribed as off an 86, etc. They laughed and said, "Well, our wherehouse folks do have trouble with left and right..." Email is utterly useless, phone or don't bother. One ad currently shows a left saddlebag lid and the pictures beneath show four views of a right... makes a person wonder... Maybe their kids are out back, goodness knows at 8 or 9 I could take almost anything apart. Assembly was not quite in my vocabulary yet.
  20. mbrood
    Two tone almost always has a "slimming" effect. Look at the 50s cars, huge slabs of side metal but they split the lines with color... noting the stark change, they did what any red blooded American would do and threw a chrome splash in as a separater. This "cleans the lines" and pulls the eye away from the "edge" much like pinstiping does.
  21. mbrood
    Is it just coincidence that they came with V-Max parts? The 86 V-Max has the BDS35 carbs ! (???)
  22. mbrood
    You can disconnect the large white connector on the TCI, turn on the ignition and with a "spare" spark plug in the #4 plug holder, "temporarily" ground pin 7 on the removed connector. The ignition puts +12V on the high side of both the primary and secondary of each coil... temporarily grounding that cooresponding pin will cause the plug to spark. It's also healthy, with the ignition off, to measure the resistance from the plug holder to the ignition fuse... each should read approximately 23K Ohms... 10K for the plug holder resistor (5K if NGKs have been substituted) and 13K for the coil secondary. You also want to pull the small white connector from the TCI and measure the input coils resistance and also measure each one to chassis ground (which should read infinite resitance). http://www.bergall.org/temp/venture/tci/tciplugs.jpg
  23. mbrood
    Many lubricants are temperature sensitive and some even dry out in the heat. I've used sewing machine oil a lot, it is very thin, fantastic penetration and "clinging" power and long lasting... plus, it seems ignorant of outside heat or cold. (A lot less mess too !)
  24. mbrood
    The carbs are listed as BDS 34mm (down draft) for all 1st gen bikes in the service manuals. The jets were changed a bit with the increased cubes.
  25. mbrood
    I agree that there aren't many miles left on that tire but the location is perfect for a plug. Caught a screw on a practically new tire on my xs750 and it ran the life of the tread as Freebird experienced. NEVER in a side wall but in the "meat" of a tire is THE spot for it.
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