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It's a 2007 with the 6.2 liter Cummins, straight drive. It's that clean burning engine variety. I guess the question is whether this is a real problem or just a way for Dodge to get people to come in and make money?
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I'm toying with an idea to use hydraulics to make my sidecar lean with the bike as opposed to the three control arms I currently have. Problem is, I don't know nearly enough to even begin addressing the subject. I know what I "want" but need some input to see if it is feasible. If you can help, let me know. Thanks
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To Verizon Wireless!! I switched back to using my Omnia phone last month and about had a heart attack when I got the bill, $950 dollars in usage charges all while not using it for anything internet related. Took two hours, but they did credit all of the usage charges back to me. Sometimes good things happen! :happy65:
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I called the Dodge dealer to ask about an error code I'm getting on my truck: U1421 implausible Ignition Key Off Time Received. For a mere $87 they will tell me what the code means .....:think: Uhhhh.... I already know what it means, I want to know what causes it and why. Guess i ask too many stupid questions:whistling:
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go to an independent MC shop, someplace where they'll work on any make and model; they'll do it, and charge less then the dealer
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Only rode an older wing once and that was enough for those. Upright riding position with the seat too close to the floorboards making you feel like you're squatting the whole time. Also did not like my feet behind the valve covers, too much heat. But, heck, what do I know??!!
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friend of mine figured he'd be a dealer and sell them things, bought five and discovered he could not get them titled! And the guy selling the kits told him it wasn't his problem......
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tentatively, yes!
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So what are the rules of engagement? What constitutes an allowable contribution, are funds contributed directly to St. Jude's by our members included? What else is includes, or excluded for that matter? What is the official start date? Was the guy there to make a donation or did he just happen to be there and they have been collection funds for the last year? What is the cut off day? Who determines who the winner is? Is there an allowance for organization size and if so are we talking active members, supporting members or total members? What are the spoils and what are the penalties? Just thought I'd throw out some questions.
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somebody HEP me!! tail light
barend replied to barend's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
OK, I was gonna shoot someone, but someone got lucky!!!:bang head: Here wass the deal, head light works; blinkers and emergency flashers work, brake works on the hand control but not the foot lever (different story I think). If I bridged the tail light fuse holder the headlight and panel lights dim and nothing in back works! I could get continuity from the fuse holder to the tail light, but I could only measure 1.97Volt at the last tail light connector. I tried a bypass wire from the use holder to the tail light, that didn't work, so I cut all wires going to the back and started isolating which ones would work and which ones created problems. So here's the confession, when I put the fairing back on I pinched the supply line to the airdam light and since everything is LED and tight together in back; it shorted it out. I've done less intelligent things, but this has this months "Here's your sign" award! So after I put everything back together, I'm back to riding Which leaves this little brake light problem. I have 9-1/2 volts at the foot brake switch and with the battery on a charger, if I disconnect the foot switch, I do not get continuity at the switch whether I press the brake lever or not. and the pedal sticks somewhat. What do I do about that? Thanks for the input, the personal help and pics from Dingy and the CMU from Bongobobny and the ecouragement from Skydoc_17 and Doug!! -
If I'm not mistaken they have one for sale at the local Yammie dealer. $9K; thinks it said '07. red, cool looking bike
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where in SC are you?? what kind of work you looking for?
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One beer???!!!! maybe you could restrict that to PBR or Bud Light. And it is only a few? Wow, next you might should want to prevent smoking while riding because youre getting second hand smoke in your face? Or maybe you could consider banning coffee, 'cause people get to hyper on that stuff and we don't need no "antsy" people riding in groups; road rage you know! And lest we forget, we should be aware of folks who pop a pain pill before they ride, smoke a joint or whatever. And we've not even touched on the mechanical safety of each individual's bike. In case you haven't figured it out yet, I think your thought pattern here is kind of ridiculous. If you are that concerned with a couple of people having one beer with lunch, you need to stop riding with them (or get a life). There are already enough politicians who are trying to control every facet of our life.
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ditto on the turn signal fix, lens repair tape. take the windshield of and ride up here, you can borrow mine ('83), I seem to have some "electrical gremlins" so I've got some figuring to do. I could send it to you, but won't be able to do so till Tuesday at the earliest. I've also got a marginal one from a MkII, there's a chunck missing from the bottom edge, but if it helps you you can get it and keep it. Don't ask for pics, my 'puter won't recognize my camera
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somebody HEP me!! tail light
barend replied to barend's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Technically Mike, it's Mini's fault i offered for her to ride in that "bullet" and she turned it down!! Bike took it as a personal affront and said .... well, we know what she said. -
somebody HEP me!! tail light
barend replied to barend's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
trying to get the camera to upload, but it's throwing a hissy fit, gimme a sec .... -
somebody HEP me!! tail light
barend replied to barend's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
Which fuse got hot? The lights fuse? The main 40 amp fuse off of the battery positive terminal? I actually have a 30Amp main fuse, since that is all I could get from the dealer. I do have a spare 40A which I acquired later and am keeping as a spare. Since the bike starts and I still have power everywhere else I must assume it is OK. Did any fuses blow? Have you tested all of them from the fuse block outside of the fuse block with an Ohm meter to see if they are good? ( a fuse can be blown but not look blown) I still have the stock fusepanel, the only fuse that got hot is the bottom one or the tail light fuse. It, nor any of the others blew. I just Ohmed it out and it read 00.3 on my little cheapy meter and it also beeps. Except for the ACC fuse they all read/do the same. I can not get a reading or a beep from that fuse and the glass is slightly discolored on the battery side. I cannot find where it says what if anything should be hooked up to the ACC fuse. Did the fuse get hot with the original headlight after you had problems? my guess is that it didn't. I do not know, I did not have a problem (did not realize I had a problem) until after I installed your head light mod. Do you have extra lights (running lights, driving lights, stereo amp, I have a set of 55W fog light which are hooked with their own switch and fuse directly to the battery. To the best of my knowledge no one modified the head light wiring. And when I turn on the ignition either the low or the high beam is on depending on switch position. I converted all my tail lights, brake lights and running lights (light bars in back, front fender lights and brake disk lights) to LED’s. I also tied in my LED’s on the sidecar. Even with at that point I still show a warning on my CMU saying I have a tail light problem. After I pulled the CMU a second time I saw that two of the pins did not have solder on them (these pins were in the area of the overheated component). I re-soldered them, but my fuse still got hot. What was the problem? How did you fix it? I can’t say for sure, but I had one solder joint which looked like maybe it might have been marginal, so I added some solder and the high beam works. I think it’d be fair to assume it was. It's important to find out what & fix it before moving forward. It occurred to me this morning that I had a blown fuse a month or so back (maybe 2) which took out my tail and running lights. I contributed it to disconnecting the sidecar and somehow causing a spike/short. I’ll swap my main fuse, just in case. I’ll get some new fuses to replace the ACC one, I’ll trace the sidecar wiring and make sure nothing rubbed or pinched and pull the saddle to look under there as well since that’s where I hooked in to get power to the sidecar. I can take the CMU to a computer repair shop and have them check the components, but with the clear coating on it I do not know if that would be possible. Guess I’ll find out. -
somebody HEP me!! tail light
barend replied to barend's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
silly question: how could I run full voltage through the CMU if all I did was unplug the old headlight and plugged in the new set-up? you saying the new head light set up was not wired properly? and what does plugging the headlight in have to do with losing the tail lights/brake as an aside, the tail light icon was on all the time since I was running LED's -
so I got the modified headlight system (with the two bulbs) and i am installing this, aside from some broken tabs which needed fixing I get the thing in, tried a different RSL and re-soldered the CMU to get the high beam working. so far so good! I'm getting ready to install the other half of the front fairing when I discover the tail light, brake light and all my running lights are out (they are all LEDs) Zip, zilch, nada. first thought it was a busted fuse, not! The tail light fuse does get hotter then a firecracker though and next thing I know I look up and I have smoke coming from the CMU:headache:. there are four wrapped coils on the back and the TOP one on the left (fuel gauge side) has the clear coating melted off. any suggestions as to what might have happened? any ideas as to how to resolve this? anyone have a spare, working CMU laying around that they might want to part with? Do you deliver and can you do so today Thanks!
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what better way to celebrate a day for labor than to actually labor :sun: 'Sides, the stats aren't soo bad: 30 out out of 100 get the day off and some 24 of those get paid to boot. Just think, 24 people get paid to NOT work, now ain't that stupid!
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........ so you're a soprano???:rotf:
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I've got an '83 VR and am looking to bring the handlebars back about an inch or two without pinching the ends. (I'm running a leaning sidecar and the wider stance of the bars gives me more leverage) Is there something that would allow me to do so?
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Brenda's son went to helen Ga, and like it there, so we had to go too. first let me say that Labor Day weekend is not the time to do this as we ran in to bumper to bumper stop and go traffic for the last couple of miles and wall to wall people. Anywhichway, it was a great day with great temperatures and beautiful roads to ride on. We left around 1130 and got back at about 6 with a very tasty bratwurst sandwich at "pies and pints" for lunch. Even saw another MkI (brown) on the other side of the street a bit further down along with about 8-10 other bikes at another establishment (proly drinking lemonade:rotfl:). Earl, you said to think of you if we went out riding and I did just that quite a few times, wish you could have been there in person. Get well soon and maybe we'll get to ride together for real one day. God bless! this is the route we wound up taking, 185 miles and 5 hrs. plus stops. http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.com/rideplanner/ridePlanner.jsp?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US
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e-mail sent
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Always find it interesting to read this stuff and though I do not mean to sound disparaging, I got one question: What are you going to do when it is your time?" There are so many if's" in these situation, "the guy was very lucky, it did not go thru his windshield, cause he was tailgateing the truck !!! )". If he had not been tailgating he might have gotten hit, if the casing had gone straight back you might have been in a chain reaction or if it had gone straight back and over you might have been hit anyway. If you'd been in the left lane and it hadn't kicked quite as hard you may have been hit also. If, if, if ..... I'm not by any stretch of the imagination saying to be stupid and ride like an idiot, but when your number is called, it doesn't matter whether you're getting out of bed getting your slippers on, or whether you're running downhill next to an accelerating big rig. Life's too short, don't sweat the small stuff.