Marcarl

Got the music,, so now how about the vid?

If you are going to shine up the aluminum then you will probably get black hands. I did mine back in 2014 and so far so good, and if it does go bad,,, well 10 minutes work and all is good again.

A Covid Christmas 'Twas the night before Christmas, Covid was here, So we all had to stay extra cautious this year. Our masks were all hung by the chimney with care In case Santa forgot his and needed a spare. With Covid, we couldn't leave cookies or cake So we left Santa hand sanitizer to take. The children were sleeping, the brave little tots The ones over 5 had just had their first shots, And mom in her kerchief and me in my cap Had just settled in for a long winter's nap. But we tossed and we turned all night in our beds As visions of variants danced in our heads. Gamma and Delta and now Omicron These Covid mutations that go on and on I thought to myself, "If this doesn't get better, I'll soon be familiar with every Greek letter". Then just as I started to drift off and doze A clatter of noise from the front lawn arose. I leapt from my bed and ran straight down the stair I opened the door, and an old gent stood there. His N 95 made him look pretty weird But I knew who he was by his red suit and beard. I kept six feet away but blurted out quick " What are you doing here, jolly Saint Nick?" Then I said, "Where's your presents, your reindeer and sleigh ? Don't you know that tomorrow will be Christmas Day? ". And Santa stood there looking sad in the snow As he started to tell me a long tale of woe. He said he'd been stuck at the North Pole alone All his white collar elves had been working from home, And most of the others said "Santa, don't hire us! We can live off the CERB now, thanks to the virus". Those left in the toyshop had little to do. With supply chain disruptions, they could make nothing new. And as for the reindeer, they'd all gone away. None of them left to pull on his sleigh. He said Dasher and Dancer were in quarantine, Prancer and Vixen refused the vaccine, Comet and Cupid were in ICU, So were Donner and Blitzen, they may not pull through. And Rudolph's career can't be resurrected. With his shiny red nose, they all think he's infected. Even with his old sleigh, Santa couldn't go far. Every border to cross needs a new PCR. Santa sighed as he told me how nice it would be If children could once again sit on his knee. He couldn't care less if they're naughty or nice But they'd have to show proof that they'd had their shot twice. But then the old twinkle returned to his eyes. And he said that he'd brought me a Christmas surprise. When I unwrapped the box and opened it wide, Starlight and rainbows streamed out from inside. Some letters whirled round and flew up to the sky And they spelled out a word that was 40 feet high. There first was an H, then an O, then a P, Then I saw it spelled HOPE when it added the E. "Christmas magic" said Santa as he smiled through his beard. Then suddenly all of the reindeer appeared. He jumped into his sleigh and he waved me good-bye, Then he soared o'er the rooftops and into the sky. I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight "Get your vaccines my friends, Merry Christmas, good-night". Then I went back to bed and a sweet Christmas dream Of a world when we'd finished with Covid 19. --Joseph David

Didn't you just clean that garage?

Check the high tension wire ends, unscrew the ends and cut back the wire to expose a new cut. Also check the resistors in the wire ends, take them apart carefully (small parts involved) and clean them.

Guess we will need more info, all diagnostic. Battery voltage at present. Condition of air filter, or is there one there. Check the spark on all four of the plugs. Which plugs were installed. Does it backfire through the carbs or exhaust. Does it spin over normally, or does it hesitate. Do you hear the fuel pump clicking when you first turn on the ignition after a 5 minute sit. Will it run if you spray some carb cleaner or brake clean into the carbs. How old is the gas in the tank.

It may just need to be snugged up. It will take an allan wrench to do that. The pipe is a pressed fit with a gasket and flange. I would back off the nuts (allan head) and retighten for starters,,, that's if the sound seems to be coming from that area. It could be that somebody had that off and didn't bring both sides up equal.

Just wondering how things are for our family in Kentucky and wondering if the news we hear is correct. Certainly don't look good from what we hear, praying for you all.

And if you really get stuck and your fellow countrymen fail in providing the assistance you need, we the Canuckians will just jump in there to bail you all out, trust us, we've done it before,,,,, 'member when we burnt the out-house,,,, uhhhh White'ouse? We did that didn't we??

I didn't have much luck with that stuff when I tried it, so went with shrink tubing instead and am now quite happy. It will leave a small hole in the end though but nobody has remarked on that yet, but then he's not around very often either.

Yep, do a compression or leak-down test and set the valves to proper specs.

Almost looks real,,,, nice job!!

Might I suggest a compression check? Just to rule out for sure what we think might not be the case.

You might want to check the slop in the bolt, just a little slop will make a big difference.

COOOOL!!

You may also have the idle set too high, and if it were me I would look at that closely and then try to do a carb sync if I could get the idle low enough, but you will need a carb sync tool for that. There is no gasket material in the carb boot setup. Under the carbs the ports slide into a ringed rubber boot and above the carbs the airbox has rubber boost. Most common is having the lower boots not sealing on the carb ports.

Getting it right is one thing, getting it perfect is another Eh?!

These V4s don't like to go out without a hat on, so in other words, air box and filter need to be in place. Next I would check to make sure all the carbs are properly seated in their boots. Sometimes,,, like most of the time,,, a fellar needs to seat these things back and forth a few times to get them to stay. If that don't help, fire it up and then go around the intake area with an open unlit propane torch and see if you notice any difference in the RPMs, if you do you can now dig for an intake leak. Then come back here and ask some more.

Give thanks for all the many things that we have here in our continent. Some are there to help build us, and some are there just to please us. Some bring us closer together and some send us to different destinations to enjoy and share with new folks. Life is but a fleeting moment so let's enjoy every moment we have that is given us, realizing that at anytime we might be called to account for the things we have done and those that we have left un-done.

Are you confirming that we are possessed?

The breather is a possibility, it allows air to escape when the pumpkin heats up and then allows air back in when it cools down. If it weren't for the breather then air would be transferred past the seals , and that would spoil the seals with contaminates. The breather should have a filter in it to prevent any contamination, but it may be compromised. It may be plugged, but then I would suspect to see some oil residue around the seal areas.

Check your tires, being as the noise is in a curve it could be the tread on the tires. Check especially for cupping on the side tread. Could also be a bearing, to check that you need to have the wheel off the ground and then check for play at the axle. Also check for smoothness as it turns, a stethoscope might be hand there.

I'm thinking that a more detailed description might give you more defined answers.

Don't look right to me, I would think it to be black, but then it might depend on what it was originally.

Figure on at least 2k to get it up and running, maybe more. So is 3k too much for something you might be happy with? And don't forget the time spent to fix it.