Marcarl

I see a MC sitting on the side of the road with no rider in sight, a hill or rise in the land covered mostly in trees, a white birch towards the foregound and a dead looking bush. The side of the road has a curb and the shoulder looks paved, there seems to be another lane for traffic just beyond the lane the MC is parked beside, but the most interesting are the tracks on the pavement going across the foreground lane of pavement. Also interesting is that there seems to be no sign of any activity in the grass shoulder from the vehicle that might have made those tracks, unless it's been a while since those tracks were made.

She sure do look good on that there machine, and you can tell her I said so!! Maybe that's why youz sitting there watching her? but hey, she sure do look good anytime, well at least whenever I sees her.

On the drain thing. There are drain tubes and overflow tubes. The drain tubes come out the side of the crab and the overflow tubes come out under the bike. The slide would really have nothing to do with overflowing fuel, although fuel in-between the slide and bore could possibly hang up the slide somewhat. On the slide not sliding, check that slide real close, it might be cracked at the open side right close to the rings that hold the diaphragm. A crack could easily be missed. If it's cracked it will hang up.

I don't have one, but that would not be welcome in my department. Look to see if you can snug up the cables, other than that take it to the dealer. It shouldn't be a difficult fix I would think.

The real cost is in the cost of gaskets and labor. Doesn't matter much as far as the gears are concerned. Either way the dogs will need to be dressed. When I did mine in 08 or so, it cost me about $200 in all the parts if I remember correct and most of that was gaskets and o-rings and such.

No sealant required, unless you see cracking on the inside of the boots, but then it's time to replace. They are a bit of an issue to get seated properly though. It takes a bit of going around and around to get them all down, but they do snap into place eventually. Check, check and re-check and then check once more and you should be good to go and Jane is your aunt.

There's a story about an older fella going in for a haircut and beard trim. He had a rather long beard. The barber asked him if he could ask a question and the old boy said, yes of course. So the barber asked, 'when you go to bed at night, is your beard above the blanket or below?' The old gaffer thought for a bit and then thought some more, and finally admitted that he didn't know, he just went to bed and was done with it. That night turned out to be a sleepless one for him. Nothing felt right, he put his beard on top of the blanket and then below, but it just wasn't right, he even tried half and half. Next day he was back at the barbers and had it shaved off. Now how does this have to do with Cowpuc? First of all, you have something to read. Second, it might be a delema that he has right now and can't get around it. Could be that he forgot how the tent goes on the bike, and you just can't do that wrong now can ya!

Good enough reason for me to stay here in S.Ontario.

I'm thinking that a good shop needs to have dirty floors, cobwebs in the corners, lots of cobwebs, parts in all the spots not covered by running apparatus, lights here and more lights there with no real way to turn them off individually maybe, tools everywhere with an empty tool chest, left over pieces of projects long gone into history but yet could be handy somewhere down the road, a source of heating the place (best a wood fired stove) an old chair or two that will handle the bulk and weight of anybody, but that nobody ever uses,,,,,,, sorry, no pictures! and oH a fridge, doesn't have to work real well, but it's good for looks (everybody gets to look in it)

Sounds like something that Bongobobny could delve into for ya, and there are others as well. Hang in there, it's riding time but they will come home to roost soon enough and then they can figure it out while popping their wobbly.

Keep us posted as to how long it stays that way, could be something brewing, me thinks.

Now I need to bring a truck!! At least my backyard will be cleaned up, but then again maybe not, those American boys might be thinking that I'm bringing over cannon balls. I'll have to see if I can disguise them somehow.

Looks like you took the 'flywheel' off as well. That rod goes into the hollow bolt that holds the flywheel in place. It helps with moving oil to the outside to cool the stator windings. Don't know if your dog will get fleas but your cat won't run away no more, unless you get it put together right.

Amazing!!!! Enjoy your day and don't let Becky fool you into going out for supper.

These would be the diaphragms for the sliders. Cover for them is on the outside of the carb, square, held in place with 4 screws.

I would remove the last 2 plates as well and then remove the basket to see what there is to see. Using an air impact will convince the basket to come forward.

Now you be careful with those two,,, you know how Vikings can be, 'course you should be alright, you do have Taters as a backup.

I had me one of those wide track Pontcoes, but it was a 4 door hardtop with a 261 6 banger, 3 speed stick. When I traded it in on a Morris wagon it was using more oil than gas I think, had a can of used oil in the trunk to keep it going. The guy that bought it from the dealer a day later got about 2 miles before it blew. Now the Morris got to the point that I carried head gaskets in the back seat along with the necessary tools to change it. I got pretty good at that procedure, if I remember it was about 45 minutes to get it all done. Head gaskets were supplied by the mechanic who said that he could fix it the first time and failed, and then after having it in the shop for the third time, he said, here are a dozen gaskets and this is how you change them. I hope you sell it soon. I did when the gaskets were all used up. Then I got me a 66 VW. It died as well, the day after I traded it for the first Mazda 1200 sold in Ont.

Don't worry none Big Boy, we have those who can and will take over for you willingly. Actually, I'm somewhat glad that you are an abstainer, that leaves more for little olde me. Will you quit that checking business, some may think you're getting old or something. You know what happens when the pro's go to check things out eh? They will find something, otherwise they would not be needed anymore.

I didn't own any cars that I would want back again, but my brother owned one that I would really like to have in my drive. These things are rare, only made for the Canadian market and under the Ford line. The 56 Monarch is quite similar to the Merc, but there is plenty of differences. Stock was a 312 but I would like to have a 390 4bbl. The cost for me would probably put it out of reach though, seeing as the additional cost would be an addition to my garage or get rid of my bike, neither of which is going to happen anytime soon. The picture has the right color combo but I would like the 4 door HT.

I would be very interested in how you fare with the Kenda's. On Spyders, although they are OEM spec, a lot of riders will have nothing to do with them. For us there just isn't any wear life in them.

I think from what I can recall that you have now won the prize of being the first one to report such an issue. I've read about lots of clutch issues, but this is brand new, to me anyways. We would certainly be interested in what you find, and there will be lots of suggestions as to how to fix it if you want.

Good job Mike, and thanks Leo for posting.

Now if I got it right from the vid, you need to have the car, good looks, tanned hide, pretty girls, small bikinis, lots of gas, water and I probably missed a thing or two. Now most of the above I have or can get very easy like, all I need is the car!! I think. What do you think guys? wanta start a fund?

Had my 85 on a tar and chip road one day in Pen. and low and behold the oil light came on, checked the oil and kept on keeping on, but it's a bit dis-concerning having that light blinking all the time. When I got home sometime later I figured to get that thingy out of there and check it out. What I found was a small stone stuck between the 2 wires, I took that out and solved the problem. It doesn't make any sense to me at all, but there were no repeats of the issue and I didn't do anything else. Go figure.