Marcarl

Anything that you would do to those caps would be a hit and miss, you would have to be dead on and then some more right on. I had the same thoughts at one time and then decided to leave as is and try it by leaving it alone. Everything worked just fine, so my concern at the time of old age and hard rubber was of naught. I would suggest you try the same. If you add anything to the surface and then have to remove it again, that would definitely ruin things.

You didn't say anything about plugs, so I would suggest changing out the plugs first and making sure the resistors are clean and working good.

Not much good for a fiver, or fridge or 4x8 ply, or 2x4s. So why get a truck??? oh yes, just because, but now where did the truck go. Not easy to take the thing off to get the truck back, and would be even more work to put it back on right,,,nah, not for me, my truck is a truck, if I wanted a car or SUV I'd'a bought one.

Not a very nice thing to have happen, glad you are still mobile.

For starters, are you sure it's the fuel causing the problem? To be sure take off the breathers and then with it running spray some carb cleaner or WD40 or the like into the intakes and see if that makes the cylinder fire. If it does, then it's fuel, if it doesn't you have an ignition issue. If it's fuel, for the cost and tome taken, drain the fuel bowls and then refill them through the drain tube with a spray type carb cleaner and let them sit for a day. Then remove the plugs and turn the engine over to make sure there is no extra cleaner in the cylinders. Then try to fire it up outside the garage and see what happens, it could be that your problems are solved. If it worked to some extent at least, put a can of seafoam or carb cleaner in a half tank of fuel and then run it to get it warm right up. Do that for a few days. This will get the cleaning agent into the small ports on the carbs. Be sure to use the choke a fair bit in the process.

So that's where it went!!! Seems the shipping got mixed up again.

Wife texts her handy husband on a cold winter morning: "WINDOWS FROZEN ~ WON'T OPEN" Husband texts back: "GENTLY POUR SOME LUKEWARM WATER OVER THE EDGES AND THEN TAP EDGES SHARPLY WITH HAMMER" Wife texts back 5 minutes later: "LAPTOP REALLY BUGGERED NOW

It sure deserves a listen, turn up the sound to get full value.

Just some thoughts: It's free enterprise and stock market. When a company is on the SM it needs to keep profits in the black so that investors are attracted. If payouts decline then investors go elsewhere, and investors don't care about employees and families, only about the return on their money. I'm one of them investors and probably so is most everyone else. I took a big hit last year on my RRSPs and yep! I'm looking for a more solid place to put my retirement funds. Does this include GM? don't know, maybe yes maybe no. But it does impact some company with employees somewhere, so in order to keep my money, some company has to do better financially, and when they do they will attract more stock funds. So companies need to look to the future as to where the best profit will be or they will loose their financial backing. Guess it's kind of a catch 22 situation. Really,,,, I would say that GM employees priced themselves out of a job. Years ago, I had a good paying job as a meat cutter in a grocery chain, every store had a bunch of us. Things were good, for the company and the employees. Then the union came aboard and in a few years our wages went up 25%. I said then (because there was already thoughts on this) that if we continued to press for higher wages, the company would take our work elsewhere,,, we did, and they did!! Now there is only 1 meat cutter where there used to be up to 6 or 7 and all cutting is done at a central location, packaged and shipped to the stores. No more in-store meat cutters, lots of meat being thrown out and quality is the pits, but the profits are up and more controllable. Investors are happy, that's you and me, and a capitalistic society.

Go to your local bolt and nut supply and get a match. If my guess is right the head is probably stripped out, right? That would most likely happen by somebody using an imperfect allan wrench or using a hand tool. An impact is the way to go on those, at least I think so, and have even removed questionable bolts that way.

Looks good I guess. New idea for me: business cards, I think it might even work!! Ideas: Could use a picture of yourself Only 20 stars? Some info on the back perhaps. Phone number or website\email? Don't want to get things cluttered, it looks clean and easy, but if somebody wants more info they need to be able to access it right away nowadays, 5 minutes later they have forgotten about the issue and it won't be until later, maybe much later or too much later that they remember to dig into it. Good luck!

Moving this thread to the 1sy gen forum.

I think I have it figured. These two old geezers are have a party. Gary went south and Saddlebum opened the door all the way and then it froze. They need to get together on this somehow. If Gary were to quit hoggin all the warm air and Saddlebum were to wake up to fix the door, we might get some usable weather in this part of the country. But then, hey, it's been this way ever since I can remember when I was a boy, so no complaints from me.

Going through this with my mother some years ago, I at first was led to believe that to be the case, but from her description of the process led me to wonder. I think they find something that is close and say it's custom made,,, but,,, I could be wrong.

I see a lot of kids,,, up to age 35 or so, being very busy on the net and on their phones. Obviously you can't ride and to all that effectively, so riding doesn't even enter the picture,,,,, neither does talking to you neighbor, saying hi on the street, helping out somebody with snow or yard work..........

Good point Jack, may I add that when and if a feller would move over to a trike, it takes a while to learn and then enjoy the new ride. The older one gets, the longer that takes, if it comes at all. But do it young enough, while there is still time on your side, then you'll enjoy the new ride much better, and can still enjoy riding into the sunset.

Yep!!! different sounds for sure. Really,,, when it's all considered, the only person that really likes the sound of any (other than quiet) pipes is the person with their hand on the throttle. Ya, I like a nice rumble, but for me, when a bike goes by, I want to notice it because I seen it, not because I heard it, or it scared the poppers out of me.

Lots of hot water sitting there just giving off heat, that needs to be re-heated. Keep in mind that electric is much slower in response time than gas, I wouldn't go to electric just for that item. Now gas, once it senses water flow, fires immediately to high performance and the water is HOT, it then cuts back to where it is needed and will constantly adjust the burner to keep the temp at set point. If you usage point is far away from the heater, it will take about the same time for hot water to arrive,,, well a bit longer, but then it doesn't run out either. On the other hand, if you shut off the water flow and then restart, you will get a shot of cooler temp. A good heater will stay active for a couple of minutes after the water is turned off, just to compensate for this type of an event. There are setups available to overcome this and have instant hot water at all times at all locations, but then you will have hot water 'sitting' in a line somewhere giving off heat.

Yep, down at the bottom, somewhere near close.

We don't use a restricted head on our shower. Yes, it does take a certain amount of flow to activate the heater, not sure how much, but a trickle won't make it turn on. There are different specs for different heaters and then there are also a variation of setups that can tailor to your likes and dislikes. We are presently looking for one for my daughters house and look to be settling on a Navien.

I think you found it!! :happy65:

We have had a demand water heater (we don't heat our hot water, just the cold water), natural gas and handles over 8 gpm. We have only one shower. We could not be happier. It saves room, we're never, never short of hot water, I can wash my car, my bike, my truck, my RV and my boat (if I had one) all lined up one after the other and then have a hot shower, and it's far cheaper on NG. Some things to consider: How many gpm do you need How many gpm will your plumbing handle There is no recovery time Demand water heater specs are based on raising the water temp so many degrees at the rated gpm It does take time to get the first of the hot water, and if you shut the water off, the heater is off as well, so keep your shower running while in there. Your tank water heater heats your space as well due to heat loss, not so bad in the winter maybe, but it also happens in the summer the same way. Do you use AC? then that heat will have to be removed. It's the only way to go, we were worried when we first installed it, but wouldn't go back.

I decided to go CanAM, not because I had to, but it seemed like the right thing to do. I had dropped the 85 a couple of times, but there was always a good reason, so dropping it because of itself was not listed. Marca developed a bad knee for a while and had a pain in her back which made it very difficult for her to get on the 85 while I was on it. There was no way she was climbing aboard by her self and then it would be too much for me to lift anyways, so an alternative was in the making and the Spyder presented itself very nicely. The last couple of years she hasn't ridden that much, and no daylong rides anymore either, actually riding has taken a backseat to other things, and that is somewhat due to other things and the weather, so we'll see what happens for the future. Whatever,, we are happy with 3 wheels, power assist steering, stable at the gas pumps, no issues in farmers fields and good gas mileage. Even use car tires.

I would consider how the joints would transfer around the bends, or would they be just stiff enough to put a damper on the negotiation. I also agree with Blue Sky. I have no idea what financial shape you are in, but most of us save up for retirement so that we don't have to work until death due us part. Maybe a good idea to use some of that, rather than to keep saving it for the time of when your gone. Not an easy decision, I know, I'm Dutch.

These seem to be a bare bones Spyder. I sat on one at Pioneer Motor Sports in Chaffee NY. It wasn't gassed yet, so couldn't ride it, along with the weather wasn't very conducive. It sat fine though for a short time and did allow me to think about driving it. Less than 10 grand. I think the 600 was at 85k