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Which screw do to mean by the air screws? Picture may help. I have some extra screws here from an old set of carbs, if any would help. I am also rebuilding a set of 86 carbs. Gary

OK, let's look at this with some logic. In order for this extremely rare phenomenon to occur, July has to begin on a Friday, in other words the 1st of July is a Friday. Since July always has 31 days, if it begins on a Friday the last day will be a Sunday, or the 31st of July. Now, since the calender has a rather cyclic rotation, and there are only 7 possible days which the month of July can start on, I find it somewhat implausible that this only happens once every 823 years. But, that's just my 2 Abe Lincoln's worth . OK, based on the previous statement, PLEASE don't let this get political. I know it is a rather sensitive subject with the original poster!! Gary

Don, With the above statement in mind, what was the reason for your posting on 2/15 about the change with the VR assistance list no longer being viewable by trial members. It seemed that in that thread there was some speculation about someone specific having done something. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56688 Gary

My dad had a sump pump and got tired of it failing several times. He installed a second pump in parallel with the main one. This one had the float set a little higher. If you do this, you need to install a check valve in each pumps outlet, otherwise running pump will just push water back through other pump. This is just a piece of pipe with a flapper rubber in it. This won't help with a power failure or a clogged drain line, but it is an option. Gary

How has the information in the VR list been used outside its intent? Gary

I think I was told at one time that the hole in the middle drive cover was so the kick stand switch could be removed without pulling cover off. My 1200 did not have this hole in the cover. I reused the 1200 cover on my 1300, so it is not there. Picture below shows the cover without the hole. Gary http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/leftrear.jpg

This transmission has found a new home in Canada. Gary

The headlight fuse powers both the headlight & dash lights. I think this is the first fuse from the front by the battery. Head light fuse is a 15 amp fuse. This circuit also goes through the engine start switch. Below are links to wiring diagrams & switch cleaning. Fully detailed schematic http://www.venturerider.org/wiring/86-87%20Yamaha%20Venture%20DS%20Wiring%20Diagram%20Rev%20D.pdf Simplified version of schematic. http://www.venturerider.org/wiring/86-89%20Yamaha%20Venture%20Simplified%20Circuit%20Diagram%20Rev%20D.pdf Link to cleaning switch. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42433 Gary

It would probably be helpful to know which bike this is. Gary

Thanks Carl. I guess not calling them out on the drawing makes it hard to find them though. Gary

Here are a couple of pictures from the 1st gen service manual. Clutch slave cylinder is very similar to RSV's. As Eck mentioned, the piston seal shown in first picture is a potential point of failure. If this seal failed, the hydraulic fluid probably is still trapped in slave cylinder housing, which is why you saw no puddle. Gary http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/clutchseal.jpg http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/clutchslave.jpg

If it was the one about the proposed fee being charged to Canadians to enter US, I would guess it went past the political line in cyberspace by one of our unabashed contributors here. Gary

There are several threads on here about failures in the 1st gen TCI's. Especially MKI's. There are 8 barrel diodes that die an early death due to corrosion of the lead where it meets the body of the diode. If these are replaced in time, the TCI can be saved. If the cylinder output is still showing signs of live, I would guess it could be saved. It is moderately difficult to do. The TCI needs to be opened up. The diodes need to be unsoldered & replaced. This is a 25 year old electronic component that has spent its life in a somewhat hostile environment. The traces on the circuit board are fragile. I have seen where a couple of people have cut the back of the box open, rather than unsoldering the front pin connectors. They make the diode repair then reseal the case together with RTV or some other sealant. It does seem to make sense to go in this way. The front pins are a pain to unsolder then resolder. Gary

Where would I find the listing for the head bolts in the parts fiche? 1988 1300 MKII I have looked in the Head & crankcase sections, as well as others, but I can't seem to find them. I may need to replace a few here in a few weeks, may not need to. Just trying to find a listing for them. Anybody got a recommendation on procedure to remove them from the crankcase? Normally I use Partshark.com Gary

There have been several posts about a possible fractured rod and old vs new fracture. Has this been seen through the hole in the engine? If it is a fractured rod, I can see no difference in an Old vs New fracture for one, its immaterial, bike is still under warranty. I would be hard pressed to think of any maintenance that would be allegedly lacking, could cause a fractured rod. This is a complete and clear failure of materials. Not a lack of lubrication. There is no oil or filter that would in any way effect this failure. Other than failure of materials, one other cause possibly would be over revving engine, which is hard to do with a rev limiter in place. There is the extremely remote possibility that either the rod bearing or wrist pin seized. By this happening, it is possible that rotational torque was then exerted on the rod at one end or the other causing the failure. But either of these problems would be evident when disassembled. Gary

Ken, Any body that works with their hands has been there in one way or another at some point. I will go out on a limb, a bet this will stick in your mind. Gary

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af193/gdingy101/kangaroo.gif This is going to be good. Can I sell tickets? Dale, I like the 'thinking outside the box' attitude. Gary

There is no way to adjust the timing on these bikes with a stock TCI. With the Ignitech TCI a few of us are using, you can change it. How bad do you want a set of carbs? I have a very good set I am taking off my 83. Diaphragms are good, I will put stock jets back in them. Actually 125 mains instead of the 117.5's. I have 150's in them now. I am also going to take the powder coated parts off the and put them on the set I am rebuilding. (diaphragm cover and outside cross brace). I can put the mains back in without splitting rack apart, so they should stay close to being synched. Float levels are correct. These would be a direct replacement for your 85. Only tweak from the 83 is blocking of the TCI port. I have had it blocked all last year. It is a rubber cap that fits over the port. The 84 & up didn't have this port. Gary

From November 1943, until her demise in June 1945, the American destroyer 'William Porter' was often hailed - whenever she entered port or joined other Naval ships - with the greetings: 'Don't shoot, we're Republicans!' For a half a century, the US Navy kept a lid on the details of the incident that prompted this salutation. A Miami news reporter made the first public disclosure in 1958 after he stumbled upon the truth while covering a reunion of the destroyer's crew. The Pentagon reluctantly and tersely confirmed his story, but only a smattering of newspapers took notice. In 1943, the Willie D as the Porter was nicknamed, accidentally fired a live torpedo at the battleship Iowa during a practice exercise. As if this weren't bad enough, the Iowa was carrying President Franklin D.Roosevelt at the time, along with Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, and all of the country's W.W.II military brass. They were headed for the Big Three Conference in Tehran , where Roosevelt was to meet Stalin and Churchill. Had the Porter's torpedo struck the Iowa at the aiming point, the last 60 years of world history might have been quite different. The USS William D Porter (DD-579) was one of hundreds of assembly line destroyers built during the war. They mounted several heavy and light guns, but their main armament consisted of 10 fast-running and accurate torpedoes that carried 500-pound warheads. This destroyer was placed in commission on July 1943 under the command of Wilfred Walker, a man on the Navy's fast career track. In the months before she was detailed to accompany the Iowa across the Atlantic in November 1943, the Porter and her crew learned their trade, experiencing the normal problems that always beset a new ship and a novice crew. The mishaps grew more serious when she became an escort for the pride of the fleet, the big new battleship Iowa . The night before they left Norfolk , bound for North Africa , the Porter accidentally damaged a nearby sister ship when she backed down along the other ship's side and her anchor tore down her railings, life rafts, ship's boat and various other formerly valuable pieces of equipment. The Willie D merely had a scraped anchor, but her career of mayhem and mishaps had begun. Just twenty four hours later, the four-ship convoy consisting of Iowa and her secret passengers and two other destroyers was under strict instructions to maintain complete radio silence. As they were going through a known U-boat feeding ground, speed and silence were the best defense. Suddenly, a tremendous explosion rocked the convoy. All of the ships commenced anti-submarine maneuvers. This continued until the Porter sheepishly admitted that one of her depth charges had fallen off her stern and exploded. The 'safety' had not been set as instructed. Captain Walker was watching his fast track career become side-tracked. Shortly thereafter, a freak wave inundated the ship, stripping away everything that wasn't lashed down. A man was washedoverboard and never found. Next, the fire room lost power in one of its boilers. The Captain, by this point, was making reports almost hourly to the Iowa on the Willie D's difficulties. It would have been mercifulif the force commander had detached the hard luck ship and sent her back to Norfolk . But, no, she sailed on. The morning of 14 November 1943 dawned with a moderate sea and pleasant weather. The Iowa and her escorts were just east of Bermudaand the president and his guests wanted to see how the big ship coulddefend herself against an air attack. So, Iowa launched a number of weather balloons to use as anti-aircraft targets. It was exciting to see more than 100 guns shooting at the balloons, and the President was proud of his Navy. Just as proud was Admiral Ernest J King, the Chief of Naval Operations; large in size and by demeanor, a true monarch of the sea. Disagreeing with him meant the end of a naval career. Up to this time, no one knew what firing a torpedo at him would mean. Over on the Willie D, Captain Walker watched the fireworks display with admiration and envy. Thinking about career redemption and breaking the hard luck spell, the Captain sent his impatient crew to battle stations. They began to shoot down the balloons the Iowa had missed as they drifted into the Porter's vicinity. Down on the torpedo mounts, the crew watched, waiting to take some practice shots of their own on the big battleship, which, even though 6,000 yards away, seemed to blot out the horizon. Lawton Dawson and Tony Fazio were among those responsible for the torpedoes. Part of their job involved ensuring that the primers were installed during actual combat and removed during practice. Once a primer was installed, on a command to fire, it would explode shooting the torpedo out of its tube. Dawson , on this particular morning, unfortunately had forgotten to remove the primer from torpedo tube #3. Up on the bridge, a new torpedo officer, unaware of the danger, ordered a simulated firing. "Fire 1, Fire 2," and finally, "Fire 3." There was no fire 4 as the sequence was interrupted by an unmistakable whooooooshhhhing sound made by a successfully launched and armed torpedo. Lt H. Steward Lewis, who witnessed the entire event, later described the next few minutes as what hell would look like if it ever broke loose. Just after he saw the torpedo hit water on its way to the Iowa and some of the most prominent figures in world history, Lewis innocently asked the Captain, 'Did you give permission to fire a torpedo?' Captain Walker 's reply will not ring down through naval history... although words to the effect of Farragut's immortal 'Damn the torpedoes' figured centrally within. Initially there was some reluctance to admit what had happened, or even to warn the Iowa . As the awful reality sunk in, people began racing around, shouting conflicting instructions and attempting to warn the flagship of imminent danger. First, there was a flashing light warning about the torpedo which unfortunately indicated it was headed in another direction. Next, the Porter signaled that it was going reverse at full speed! Finally, they decided to break the strictly enforced radio silence. The radio operator on the destroyer transmitted "'Lion (code for the Iowa ), Lion, come right." The Iowa operator, more concerned about radio procedure, requested that the offending station identify itself first. Finally, the message was received and the Iowa began turning to avoid the speeding torpedo. Meanwhile, on the Iowa 's bridge, word of the torpedo firing had reached FDR, who asked that his wheelchair be moved to the railing so he could see better what was coming his way. His loyal Secret Service guard immediately drew his pistol as if he was going to shoot the torpedo. As the Iowa began evasive maneuvers, all of her guns were trained on the William D Porter. There was now some thought that the Porter was part of an assassination plot. Within moments of the warning, there was a tremendous explosion just behind the battleship. The torpedo had been detonated by the wash kicked up by the battleship's increased speed. The crisis was over and so was Captain Walker's career. His final utterance to the Iowa , in response to a question about the origin of the torpedo, was a weak, "We did it." Shortly thereafter, the brand new destroyer, her Captain and the entire crew were placed under arrest and sent to Bermuda for trial. It was the first time that a complete ship's company had been arrested in the history of the US Navy. The ship was surrounded by Marines when it docked in Bermuda , and held there several days as the closed session inquiry attempted to determine what had happened. Torpedoman Dawson eventually confessed to having inadvertently left the primer in the torpedo tube, which caused the launching. Dawson had thrown the used primer over the side to conceal his mistake. The whole incident was chalked up to an unfortunate set of circumstances and placed under a cloak of secrecy. Someone had to be punished. Captain Walker and several other Porter officers and sailors eventually found themselves in obscure shore assignments. Dawson was sentenced to 14 years hard labor. President Roosevelt intervened; however, asking that no punishment be meted out for what was clearly an accident. The destroyer was banished to the upper Aleutians . It was probably thought this was as safe a place as any for the ship and anyone who came near her. She remained in the frozen north for almost a year, until late 1944, when she was re-assigned to the Western Pacific. Before leaving the Aleutians , she accidentally left her calling card in the form of a five-inch shell fired into the front yard of the American base commandant, thus rearranging his flower garden. In December, 1944, she joined the Philippine invasion forces and acquitted herself quite well. She distinguished herself by shooting down a number of attacking Japanese aircraft. Regrettably, after the war, it was reported that she also shot down three American planes. This was a common event on ships, as many gunners, fearful of kamikazes, had nervous trigger fingers. In April, 1945, the destroyer was assigned to support the invasion of Okinawa . By this time, the greeting "Don't Shoot, We're Republicans" was commonplace and the crew of the Willie D had become used to the ribbing. But the crew of her sister ship, the USS Luce, was not so polite in its salutations after the Porter accidentally riddled her side and superstructure with gunfire. On 10 June, 1945, the Porter's hard luck finally ran out. She was sunk by a plane which had (unintentionally) attacked underwater. A Japanese bomber made almost entirely of wood and canvas slipped through the Navy's defense. Having little in the way of metal surfaces, the plane didn't register on radar. A fully loaded kamikaze, it was headed for a ship near the Porter, but just at the last moment veered away and crashed along side the unlucky destroyer. There was a sigh of relief as the plane sunk out of sight, but then it blew up underneath the Porter, opening her hull in the worst possible location. Three hours later, after the last man was off board, the Captain jumped to the safety of a rescue vessel and the ship that almost changed world history slipped astern into 2,400 feet of water. Not a single soul was lost in the sinking. After everything else that happened, it was almost as if the ship decided to let her crew off at the end. Kit Bonner, Naval Historian

There are not a lot of circuits that only go through the 30 amp fuse and not go through one of the smaller fuses then on a stock RSV. The voltage regulator. The condenser. The feed to the key switch. Which then comes out of the key switch as the Brown/Black and the Brown/Blue wire. Both of these then only feeds the smaller fuses. Wiring diagrams are at link below. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42357 Gary

Ouch, a slap from above !! That's gonna leave a mark. I see help for Mini on the horizon in a few months. Gary

What year bike you working on? Is this Goldie? I'll see what I can do for you. Gary

But grasshopper, one needs only to look at the redrawn schematics to see this has been corrected. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42358 Gary

The bike should still start with any TCI from 83-89. The 83 TCI will make it run like crap, but it should still fire OK, timing advance is just skewed. If it is an 83 TCI it will have a 26H serial # prefix. To help check, disconnect vacuum advance hose from #2 intake, this will eliminate any advance from the TCI due to vacuum. Coil wire colors at coil/harness connector. White wire is # 4 R.F. Yellow wire is # 3 R.R. Gray wire is #2 L.F. Orange wire is #1 L.R. Gary

There is no timing adjustment at the crankshaft. The pickup coils are fixed in place in the stator cover. If they are tightened in the housing they are where they should be. Did you do an official compression check with a gauge? Are you sure you don't have the front coil connections reversed at the wiring harness? I don't remember if this is possible or not. Gary