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It needs to be rubber and round, from there on,, pick one!

My dealings with a local dealer: So I thought I was in need of a newer truck, my 1500 Ram was good but I was thinking 2500 for an upgrade. I went looking and finally ended up at Eichenberg Chrysler in Tillsonburg Ontario. June 28th was the day I test drove and bought it with $500 down. July 22nd was the day that @saddlebum and I went to pick it up. That was also the day that my son asked if the dog hair in the back seat fold-down floor came as no extra charge, and shortly after that we noticed that there was lots of field dust still in the vents, lower door panels, dash board, door posts and under the hood. I sent a text to the salesman and asked if they detailed a truck when they sold it, or did they just clean it. He said: We detail which is cleaning and any other items our manager feels is warranted. He also offered to redo the cleaning if I were to bring it back to him, so I sent him some pictures. He said he didn't think it was all that serious, and that he had looked it over before delivery and that it looked good to him, and after all, he had run the detail dept for sometime so knew what he was talking about. That's when the wheels fell off: We proceeded to look closer at other things like the rear rotors that were billed as being machined with deep scour marks and pad marks still visible and under the hood it looked like somebody had thought a cleaning was necessary but then halfway through thought the better of the first thought and so left it messy. Really!!!! I must be from a different planet, but I used to think that if a feller spent 40K on a vehicle it would be all up to snuff, but I think they had to much snuff and put the leftovers all in my truck. Next day,, off to MY mechanic who had no problem finding a loose ball joint, bad wipers and we found a dirty air filter. We replaced the ball joint, I bought and installed heated wipers and replaced the air filter as well. Then I sent a note off to the boss of the dealership on July 10th with pictures. I gave him some time to reply, you never know if folks are taking time off and not available, so on July 22nd and the 23rd and again on Aug 04th I sent repeat emails. No reply until Aug 15th. Maybe he takes long afternoon naps or maybe he didn't like me so much now that I had paid my 40k, I don't know. What I do know is that he is now on the MTO radar and that the DealerRater rating goes live on the 20th. So he emailed me to see if there was something that he could do, seeing as I seem to have an issue or issues. We're having a long interesting discussion. I feel like posting all those emails here, makes for interesting reading. Just another note, and I have never had this happen to me before: When Bum and I went to pickup the truck it was all ready sitting at the front, the salesman was right handy and had all the paper work ready to sign and go. We got all that done, he handed me the keys and papers and said it was nice doing business. I climbed in the truck, rolled down my window and said good-bye, put it in reverse and was ready to drive off with him standing there looking as proud as could be. Did you happen to noticed something missing??? No??? well he didn't either, so I asked him if I was good to go and he said yes!! enjoy!!! That's when I asked if I could keep the 42k that was still in my pocket,,,,,, next time!!!!!!!!

Okay,, did done got rid of it. Just remember that if this happens again it will cost you twice as much.

'Sounds a bit like 2 gears rubbing each other' Maybe you could post a vid with the sound included. That statement can be quite broad and can conjure up all kinds of sound memories. You might also try to stand the bike up-right to see if the sound changes and/or change your brand of oil. Often times I think it's just the gears 'running loose' inside the transmission and kind of rattling against each other when in neutral.

I got the picture!!!

So it's like knocking down a steer then?? The more blood you let out the less voltage in the carcass?? Now I understand,,, thnx Bum.

Bet you got some moisture in the TCI. It's under the battery tray. Pull the connectors and ask the sunshine to dry them out. If that don't do it, you may have moisture in the unit itself. Are you sure you have no spark? Did you pull a wire or two to check it?

How's that for two pots calling the kettle black. Maybe they had their bottoms shined up lately?? yah think??

Link don't work for me.

I think that's pretty close to being right. We have citizens, Members of Parliment, Prime Minister, Governor general and then somehow the Queen is also to take notice. Although the GG signs everything and the Queen signs some things, once Parliament has ok'ed it, it's pretty much done like dinner!

Scared the poop out me when I read your post,,,I'll go along with Puc on this one,,, not often I do that, but he's right spot on. I also seem to avoid all that protection stuff, until a couple of years ago I was cleaning on my wire wheel and felt something hit my forehead. When I got in the house later Marca asked me what was sticking out of my forehead, I checked and it was a strand from the wheel. Always have glasses on now when I work with spinning agents,,, if only I could remember the other things,, like gloves with carb cleaner, masks with paint spray,,,,,,,,,,,,, Glad it worked out ok for yah, you have been blessed again!!!

Annnnnd as long as saddlebum and @cowpuc are around there will always be lots to read, and sometimes might even make sense Welcome back.

Well just the best to you, as you sweat it out changing all that. Be sure to read instructions and do as they tell you, and you will be riding happy when the weather clears.

The knuckle behind the stator cover goes in the up position or it will shift backwards and it can also crack the cover.

It's good to remember others from days gone by. Good to know he made it home.

Seeing as you already have 14 lookers and no repliers, May I try my hand at a solution? I am not really all that familiar with a 2nd gen so am playing a bit of a guessing game here. Get your self a welder, weld a new bolt on the end of the one you are showing, and iffin you did a good enough job then tightening should be a piece of cake. You could also bring it over here, presently we have lots of leftover 1st gen parts that might make things go faster. 1st gens don't have that problem eh!

I'm going out on a limb here to say that the sync is still out. If you are having the issues you stated then one of 2 things would be the cause, but I am just thinking fro here, and that isn't anywhere's near your place. First, there is an air leak below the buuterflies. Two, you are turning on the wrong screws at the wrong time. First set # 2 to #1 , so the left side of the engine as you sit on the bike. Keep the idle around 950. Then adjust the right (as you sit on the bike) side of the bike, so that 3 and 4 match each other and the match on 1 and 2 hasn't changed. Then match the right side to the left side. If done correctly and there are no leaks there should be no change. As you adjust the sync, blip the throttle to get the linkage between then to seat properly. Also, if the throttle linkage is dirty, rusted or otherwise impaired, that could also cause some issues. When you are doing a sync, all you are doing is adjusting the opening of the butterflies or throttle plates. Maybe this will help.

I would contact Skydoc, it's not like him to sell something that isn't up to the task, unless it was a used one, then that might be the cause.

Sure is a pretty lookin scooter. There's only a very few white ones around.

Oh the joy of it all !!!

I had my gas cans, real gas cans, sitting in my garage waiting to do their thing. Come time to use them I will notice the expanded condition that they are in and carefully open them to allow the expanded gases to escape. Plenty of pressure there, I think enough to blow the lid off of some other type of containers. During a some sort of mishap where the bleach type bottle might be impacted and have a separation issue, the internal pressure would do an amazing job of blowing some very volatile substance around the area of concern, maybe ones legs or body, and in turn make things quite hot in the process. I think I would rather take other precautions so not to run out of petrol. Just my opinion of course, but then it's my legs of body that have me thinking this way.

Guess to give to a true answer we would need to know particulars. - are you sure your meter is correct? - what do you have turned on electrical wise? - what happens when you turn everything on that you can? You can do all your testing on the side stand, full charging should happen just over 1500rpm to 2000 rpm.

Yep!

If my memory serves me correct, is that if the bike is hanging up on decel then the most likely cause is a bad balance between the carbs. Carbs need to be sync'd on the bike and all 4 need to be in line. If one is out, then they are not sync'd. Although there will be some difference if one cylinder isn't firing, it shouldn't make a whole lot of difference to get started with and get things close, seeing as the procedure has to do with the opening of the butterflies only and how much air a particular cylinder sucks in. As a cylinder goes into it's intake stroke it sucks air through the carb and this creates a vacuum below the butterfly, and that is what is being adjusted. If the butterfly is more open, then less vacuum, if the butterfly is closed, higher vacuum. RPMs should be kept in the 950 neighborhood.