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    Do you....?

    scotty replied to PITBULL's topic in Watering Hole

    You want insight into my personality? Good luck with that. http://www.delusional-mechanic.com/
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    Yes, timming chains can stretch. At 15 degrees it may have already jumped a cog. The easiest way to check for a bad chain is to lift up the distributer cap, turn the engine backwards by hand a 1/4 turn, mark the crank, then have a helper watch the rotor in the distributeras you carefuly turn the engine forward stopping when the rotor starts to move. This will give you total wear in the cam system Over 4 degrees is a lot of wear. I hope this helps
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    I understand there want to protect the kids. As a parent I do everything I feel is reasonable to protect my kids. At some point you do have to let them live. I have done the unthinkable.....I have let them climb a tree.
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    The wife has horses. If I ride one once a year I'm good. Just not my thing, They don't even have a cassette deck! Besides she only has two horses.....I have 97....I win!
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    .....you crack your head on the door jam while trying to put your leg over the seat. .... you peer through a rain speckled windshield until someone asks if the wipers work.
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    Its not just Ebay.. I went to collect the rent and was told she could not afford to pay because she was going on holidays for a month!
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    IMHO it is not so simple. Mechanic A is correct in that with increased air flow the mixture will change and it must be re-jetted. Mechanic B is also correct, the amount that the mixture is off is minuscule and will not cause any drivability issues. Mechanic A is correct, iridium plugs will last longer. Mechanic B is correct, regular plugs will ignite the fuel just fine. As I understand octane it basically increases the flash point of the fuel. The higher the octane the higher the temperature has to be to ignite the fuel. This can be important in higher compression engines as the heat in the cylinder under compression can exceed the fuel's flash point and start to burn before it is supposed to. This will give you a "ping" or "run on" condition. Mechanic A is correct, it is a high compression engine and should have a high octane fuel. Mechanic B is correct, If you don't have a ping or run on condition 87 octane is just fine. Then again maybe I am way out in left field.
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    Are you looking for the pinout of the 5 pin din connector? Scotty
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    yup![ATTACH]22247[/ATTACH]
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    The october 1983 issue of Cycle Canada shows the quarter mile ET at 12.64 sec., Terminal speed 171.56 Km/h. I still have the magazine. It only took my 22 years of dreaming to get mine. Scotty
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    I gutted my cassette deck and put an Ipod shuffle in. It fits under the cassette deck lid so its protected from the weather and accessible. The GPS also goes in the on board stereo. It takes more to wire in but works great. More herehttp://www.delusional-mechanic.com/ Scotty
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    We just got back from our first venture. We averaged 485Km (300 miles) per day for 7 days. A bit sore the last day but it was a 650Km day. The wife is already planning next year:smile5: A few pics are here. http://www.delusional-mechanic.com/ Scotty
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    Some of the terminoligy I use here is made up becuase I don't think it exists. 1: speed- try not to go too slow (under 20 Km/H) You can't maintian a line that slow. I usually travel 60Km/h unless the road is in good shape. 2: Find a car tire track and follow it. Shift your weight on the bike to keep the bike upright and steer to stay in the track. When looking for traffic or other stuff, keep glances as breif as possible. If you loose sight of the specific track you are following it can be hard to pick up again. It takes a lot of concentration. 3: to move to a differant part of the road look for a track that wanders across the one you are in and follow that one across to the new line. Don't cross a high ridge at any speed. Lower ridges can be crossed at lower speeds. Cross them deliberatly. 4: be carefull in truck tracks. They leave a nice foot print but can make high ridges and the possibility of double ridging. (the front tire on the left side of the ridge and the rear on the right. It will then swap sides violently over and over.) The venture is not as violent as a smaller bike but it will still knock your feet off the pegs. 5: avoid sheered gravel. ( this is just after the grader has gone by and has scraped the gravel from one side and spread it across the road.) It looks inviting because there are no rocks there but I have found it to be unstable and very unpredictable. If you out here SLOW DOWN. 6: riding 2 up- The wife stays solid with the bike for the duration. I am usually doing quite a dance on the bike. See #2 7: cross winds. They will blow you out of your track faster than you can compensate. Slow down. 8: mini highways. These are wide tacks (12" or so) on higher traffic roads. no loose rocks. Put your feet up and relax. Watch out for pot holes. 9: low light. Driving into the sun or at night the tracks of 1 specific car are difficult or impossible to see. Drive by feel. You can feel even a tiny ridge, shift weight to stay up and steer away from it. I hope this makes sense, I can be a scatter brain when typing. Scotty
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    I have 2 miles of gravel to the nearest pavement. When I was younger it was 15 miles. There are some tricks to staying upright. Any body want me to list them? Scotty
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    Mine went at 95,000 Km (60,000miles). In my opinion the root cause is wear in the washer at the end of the drive axel. The only time it moves is when the shaft turns in the cam of the drive gear. If loads are reduced in both acceleration and deceleration the wear should be minimized. But where is the fun in that? Scotty
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    I used the oil method, I just built it to accept 4 carbs. http://www.delusional-mechanic.com/ It seems to have worked reasonably well. Scotty
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    I just have PL/PD 1mill. I pay $106 for the VR and $96 for my 250 exciter. Scotty
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    with pinout...hopefully.
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    I have found very little on the CB connector. It should be possible to wire it into a phone or anything else. Scotty
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    Mine is the same. I have found that the wire from the reserve lighting unit is not going to ground. I haven't traced it any further yet. It did seem a bit better for a short while after testing with the headlight disconnected but that could have been coincidence.
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    It is a fuel line clamp from a 5.9 liter cummins. It is clamped to the bar at the top of the radio. The bar is the same size as a injection line. It holds quite well. Scotty
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    Last winter I mounted my GPS with a fabricated mount. You can see it here http://www.delusional-mechanic.com/ It hasn't fallen off yet.
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    Please keep in mind I am not an engineer but this is what I see. ( my 2 cents) I think that the failure is the the shoulder bolt at its weakest point, where it is machined at the shoulder. Once the bolt brakes the stand is easily pried apart until it brakes. A bolt is just like a rubber band and has a "elastic limit". over torqueing the bolt will put the bolt beyond the elastic limit and near failure. I'll wait while everyone looks for a rubber band. You will also notice that if the rubber band is over streched it losses it's elasticitey. Squeezing the yoke may not gain you very much as it will likely pry the yoke out to the head of the bolt as soon as weight comes on to it. For what its worth
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    It sounds like a nasty vacuum leak. Are the carbs all fully seated in the boots on the engine? Scotty
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    I got it off in the mail today. Enjoy! Scotty http://www.venturerider.org/forum/images/smilies/080402gudl_prv.gif
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