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    I lost one of my bands. I found it wedged between the engine and exhaust pipe. I do not think there is enough room for it to possibly fall out of where it was. It took a lot of looking with a small inspection mirror to spot it. It was not visible from any direction without the mirror. I had to use a bent up coat hanger and the mirror to fish it out.
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    It is even possible to have catastrophic results from to light of a load. I recall reading in some of my reloading manuals that some powders have a minimum load and going lighter can cause detonation instead of controlled burning causing extreme overpressure due to not enough powder.
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    According to the wiring diagram, the front brake, rear brake, clutch, and cancle switches are all connected in series and of normally closed configuration. So if any of these switches open it breaks the circuit and turns off the cruise. If the other switches work, then you may have a mechanical issue at the front brake lever that is not activating the cruise side of the switch. Also and more important, check to make sure both the front and rear are able to light the brake light. If it is a mechanical issue that has the front brake lever disconnected from the switch, you might not be getting a brake light with the front brake.
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    Also take a good look at the contacts in the fuse holder. I just worked on a friends truck where the fuse holder was bad after blowing many fuses, due to a short to ground, and not making good contact with the fuse blades.
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    No pics of your new code legal handiwork? I am getting close to starting a major remodeling of the bathroom and need all of the ideas I can get. I will have to gut everything to the joists, studs and rafters and start over without loosing use of the bathroom for more than a few hours at a time. should be fun....not. But I have a plan......
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    Or the drain is plugged, I once had a spider use that tube to call home.
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    WOW!!! I do my own reloading so I always know what I've got. The 44 MAG loads are very near a full case, I can not see how to get enough powder in the case to do that much damage unless it was completely the wrong powder. My first thought was that the gun was fired with an obstructed barrel. 90% of my shooting is with ammo that I have reloaded myself. ALL of the bad loads that I have ever fired were with name brand factory ammo.
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    FWIW As far as the camp fuels go, as was mentioned in the other thread, they are mainly Naphtha. But I know that there is a significant difference between brands. For a while we were experimenting with camp fuel as a fuel for small 2 cycle engines. Using the same oil mix there was a huge difference in how the engines ran with Colman vs Ozark brands. This confirms the statement in the other thread that all camp fuel, aka naphtha, is not created equal. The seafoam has IPA in it which does more than just suck up moisture. IPA is also a solvent and it burns quite well, Ever notice how many race cars burn alcohol. Yes most gas that you can get since 1995 has up to 10% ethanol in it and should do the same as the Seafoam for moisture. Seafoams main ingredient is oil. I am not sure what the oil does in the grand scheme of things but it may be there to lubricate those parts that you just cleaned up. Will any old oil do the same job, Who knows.
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    I go for one little ride and missed something again......
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    Honesty can be so expensive. Glad that nothing more than your pride was hurt.
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    I did not remove any panels to get both tires off.
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    When I did this method I was working alone. It took 70 lbs of old barbell weights in the trunk to hold the front tire off the ground. I then lowered the front and took out the weight to make sure it stayed there. I do not have any nice level pavement to work with so I used a 2 foot x 8 foot chunk of 3/4 plywood that I had laying around and did this all on the lawn. There is just enough clearance to put the front forks down on the ply floor and not hit the chin on the floor. But this method works great. Unfortunately I will get to try it again soon.
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    Peggy who? Does anyone here remember a Peggy from MD? Shirley someone must.
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    At least you can still come here to play. So in the seven hours that you are investing into this could you have done it yourself and learned some things along the way?
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    Like Father like son...... WAIT A MINUTE, This is a PG site...... I tried 3 times for a boy and then gave up. Girls are trouble... Congrats on a job well done.
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    Glad to hear you're back home in relative comfort. Ummmm.... Are you sure it was a woman nurse.......Did you take Crocodile Dundee's lead and check??????
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    So you are saying that faded blue is fast in ALL directions.....
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    My RLAP DVD is where I got the technique from. It worked:thumbsup:.
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    Use one of these as an anchor point for your neck strap http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00cejQMvtnEGgA/Cable-Tie-Mount.jpg They are available at most hardware stores in the electrical department as an anchor for cables.
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    I am going to have to make up a skunk kit to keep in the truck. This way where ever I am I can mix it up and fix the mut BEFORE she has to get back in the truck. Thanks
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    Yes I do. I get it close with the wall and then fine tune it at speed for proper illumination on the road. Even though the HID is incredibly bright I do not get anyone flashing their lights at me at night. My HID does have a very sharp horizontal cutoff with a rise on both ends. Bikes have the rise on both sides to help illuminate the turn in either direction while leaning the bike, cars have the light biased to the right side.
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    When I went from the stock bulb to the Silver Star I had to reaim the headlight. When I went from the Silver Star to the HID I had to reaim the headlight. I have never changed a headlight bulb on any vehicle that I have owned and not had to reaim the headlight. In your pics it looks like the HID is aimed very low. Once aimed correctly, my HID kicks the Silver Star right out of town. My bike now has better illumination than my truck with all 6 halogen lights on, two of which are Silver Star. I have the HID from HID Country, Bi-Xenon 6,000K, and found the beam to be very well focused on both high and low beam. Maybe there is some truth in the claim that their bulbs are the brightest on the market. They even double checked with me to fix the screw-up that I made when placing the order online. A very good place to do business with. I will be getting more HID for my truck from them and getting rid of the Silver Stars in that to.
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    HF Trailer

    Flyinfool replied to Mel's topic in Trailer Talk

    YICKS This is getting scarrrrry!
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    Well I checked everything mentioned and nothing leaked. The gas was down to 1 bar so there was not much in there to leak. I started it up and took it for a quick lap through the park and all seems well. I did some banging and pushing and pulling on the fairing to check for cracks and the only looseness that I found was the rider.... I guess this means that I am either lucky or all of my vents for everything are plugged. Mike I'm still working on the snorkel, I get tired treading water while working on it, so it is going slow. It was interesting bringing it back up since at one point on the way up it was teetering on the side stand, I just kept hoping that the side stand would not fold back or snap off while I was pushing up the weight. I would hate to have 800 lbs suddenly shift on me. Now that it is day later and nothing hurts that did not hurt before so at least I did not hurt myself picking it up.
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    If that is punishment, what can I do to get you POed at me????
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