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    Standing in line at the store, talking to a gentleman who is 92 and thinking that even if I live as long as he has, I already have more years behind me than I have left , and I have a lot planned to get done yet.
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    According to my local electrician, 8' tubes are still available and will be for quite a while yet, but they are being phased out. From what he told me, what manufacturers are doing is making the replacement tube so expensive that it is more cost effective to buy new fixtures that use the 4' t-8 and t-5 bulbs. The business I work for has all 8' tubes in the shop and just this past week we picked up a box of replacement tubes from the local building supply store.
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    I use this site to look up parts, when you find the part for your model year, it also brings up a list of all models that use the same part. I found this to be very useful to find parts that are not listed very often on ebay and are still quite expensive from wreckers. http://www.cheapcycleparts.com
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    $6.48 every day at Runnings Fleet and Farm, MN base fleet supply store; local auto parts store has had it on the counter at $5.99 since last fall.
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    There are a couple of threads on here regarding the use of ABS plastic to make repairs. I tried the method myself to repair a broken pin that holds the side cover on and so far it is working well. I did the repair about two months ago. I tried several other epoxys and glues and all failed within a day or two. For my repair, I bought a ABS fitting from local plumbing supply for about a dollar and using a shur form, scrapped a small pile of shavings that I mixed with acetone. I used the dish shape of the bottom of a pop can as my measuring/mixing tray. It only takes a few drops of acetone to melt the shavings, from what I observed during the mixing/melting process is that you do not want too much acetone. I think that you could make the mix too thin to the point that it does not have any strength and if there is too much acetone, you run the risk of melting through the part that you are trying to repair before the acetone evaportes off and hardens the repair mixture. I then applied part of the mixture to the area that I wanted to attach the part to, placed the part into the mix and held it in place with masking tape. I let it harden over night and reinstalled the cover on the bike the next day.
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    I have been corresponding with Skydoc about some other parts, I know that he is currently quite busy at work and it sounded like it may be at least a month until things slow down for him. He will get back to you when he gets a free moment.
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    I think that you will find what you are looking for here. Allen had these parts listed here last week and moved them to Ebay over the weekend. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1983-1985-1986-1993-YAMAHA-VENTURE-ROYALE-/280744476918?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item415dacc0f6
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    Here is one that I like, not cheap, but quite well made. Been around the shop here for at least 10 years. http://www.automotion.com/flaig-tire-gauge.html
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    I ordered a set for mine last fall, I emailed directly to the company and referenced that I had gotten the information regarding the parts from Venturerider.org. They emailed back when they expected them back in stock and the price, I think that it was just under $70 plus shipping for a set of 4. I checked back about the time they said they would be back in stock, they were back in, I placed my order and emailed back to them that the order had been placed and they adjusted the price to what they had quoted me. The new parts fit good and were easy to install.
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    Try this company, I think that they have what you are looking for and offer a discounted price to members. http://www.siriusconinc.com/ http://www.siriusconinc.com/search_result.php?make=2&model=xvz1300&part=1&partno=&search=search&x=50&y=13
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    All the time; full face, haven't owned anything else for more than 20 years
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    After 5 months of on again off again tinkering, my 92 finally runs, not well, but it runs. Got the bike from an estate, as a basket case, last year and actually began work on the bike last July after I found a good drive shaft and differential. It had been torn apart in 2003 after the previous owner twisted off the pinion shaft. Got it all put together last summer. Cleaned the carbs - they were pretty bad, put new diaphrams in, lined the gas tank, checked all the wiring connections, scanned a lot of the threads on here regarding getting these older bikes back on the road and performed as many of the items as I could and thought I was ready to put it on the road in August. Tried to start it up, no spark. Back to the forums, rechecked all the wiring, re ohmed the coils and pickup coil, everything tested ok. Everything was pointing to the TCI, got it out from under the battery, opened it up and sprayed everything down with electrical contact cleaner and baked it in the oven for a couple of hours, still nothing, retested the ignition components again, coils and pickup tested ok - must be the TCI; so I ordered the ignitech unit in November. When it arrived it came with the wrong wiring harness for a 93 and they also informed me that it had the wrong program in it. To shorten up this long story, have yet to get the Ignitech program to work. In retesting all the ignition components, the pickup coil did not read out, out of desperation, I was able to find a pickup coil on ebay in February and changed it out. Still no spark with the Ignitech unit, what the heck, plugged the original TCI in and it fired up. It wuld only run with a lot of choke, but hey, it was running. Let it run for 20 minutes or so and shut it down. Came back to it the next day - no spark and the new pickup coil did not ohm at all. Last week found another used pickup coil, ohm'd it when it arrived, tested good. Drained all the fuel that had been in the tank for the past month and refilled with 5gl of gas and a can of Seafoam. Put it in with the original TCI, fired right up - again with a lot of choke. Ignitech still no spark. Let it run for an hour and a half, was slowly able to reduce the choke to about 1/4 to 1/3. but can't take the choke all the way off and if I give it any throttle it dies. tried it again last night, same thing, fired right up with choke, but can't take the choke all the way off and if i give it any throttle at all it dies; so I still have a carb issue to resolve. Just not sure what to look at - more carb cleaning, more Seafoam and let it work it's magic, new parts, float level,...?
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    HF Coupon is on page 93 of the April 2011 edition of Motorcylist magazine.
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    I have used this product on four tanks, a tractor, lawn mower and two bikes; I have been very happy with it. Dries to a semi transparent blue color. Oldest tank was done four years ago, no problems so far. http://www.northernfactory.com/Attachments/attachments/medium/Specialty/RW0125-8.jpg http://www.northernfactory.com/storefrontB2CWEB/itemdetail.do?action=prepare_detail&itm_id=12019&itm_index=0
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    Julie, Gary can explain it better as he has provided me with a lot of information; but I can tell you why you may be having problems with getting spark as I am tinkering on a 92 that has been stuborn to get running; and with the help of Gary and others here, and information from this sites tech library and postings; I have learned a lot about the tci and pickup coils. You said that you put in an engine from a 91, and if it went into a model older that 1990, the 91 pickup and older tci are not compatable. From 1990 on the engine uses a single pickup coil to generate the spark signal to the tci, prior to 1990 the engine used a dual pickup that was wired completely different. The 1990 and up pickup has two wires, orange and black, earlier models, I believe, used a six wire plug. Someone with more experiance may be able to provide better information, but I am thinking that if you have a 91 engine going into a bike older than 1990, it might be easiest to move the pickup coils from the old engine to the new engine. The cover has the mounting holes in it for the dual pickup system. I think that this also means that you may have to move the generator rotor from the old engine to the new, though I do not know for sure since I have never had and older engine apart to see the rotor. Having looked at photos of the dual pickups and the single pickup, I would not be surprised if the rotor had different tabs to create the signal. Changing the TCI may be another option, it may work to go from an older tci to the newer one without a lot of problems, but someone with a lot more knowledge than I have would have to answer that question. As others have stated before, the $12 membership is one of the best investments you can make if you have a Venture. There is a wealth of information and helpful individuals on this site.
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    Wish I could say that mine is progressing as well as everyone elses. Got the 92 basket case last July. It had a broken drive shaft and damaged final drive. Came from an estate and had been apart since 2004 and several parts had been lost as well. Spent most of the summer aquiring the missing parts, worst one was the nut for the axle shaft, finally bought a used axle from Pinwall for $11 delivered in order to get what dealer wanted $20 plus shipping for.Thought that I did pretty good when I found a drive shaft, rubber boot and final drive for $100 and a pair of saddlebags complete with hardware, keys, crome and lights for $75. Cleaned the carbs, cleaned and lined the fuel tank, new fuel lines, new spark plugs, got every thing back together.......no spark. Checked every connection and every switch in the electrical system.....must be either the tci or the pickup....think that the pickup is ok, but not 100% sure. Thanks again to all here who gave suggestions on how to trouble shoot the problem. I have yet to see any of those bargains for a tci for the 90 - 93 models, so I ordered the Ignitech unit in November, cost was the same as used TCI's that I could find and figured I might as well have a brand new unit vs a used one. Came with the wrong cable and wrong programming. Ignitech has been very helpful and I now have the wiring changed in the harness to be correct, but have not been successful with reprogramming the unit yet. But, at least the PC recognizes that the unit is there and connected to the bike. Next step is to probably have Ignitech send me a new CD with the correct programing on it. Hard to get a real motivated with -0 temps (heat wave this week, may make +25) and 3 feet of snow outside.
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    Sounds like you already have a full schedule, but if you can squeeze it in, go to Glacier and drive the Going to the Sun Road. Glacier is not nearly as commercialized as Yellowstone.
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    What I have found to be interesting is that after you click more, then you can see the first few lines of the post without actually opening it, but not before you click more. I find that it helps to determine if I want to open a post to read it and all the replies or move on to the next one.
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    here is a link to replacement diaphragms; http://www.siriusconinc.com/pro-detail.php?pid=&product_id=1794 Search the threads here for information about a discount available to members of this site. I believe that they also have the gaskets available.
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    yes, that is why everyone says to relocate it. I am working on the same problem with my 92, no spark, pretty much narrowed it down to it has to be the tci. It is a real pain to get to, so once out, you will want to relocate it to the top. I don't know what the right way is to get it out, but I removed my air cleaner, battery box, the left side of the fairing, headlight and gauge assembly. Removing the fairing and headlight and gauge assembly did not do anything to make it easier to get at things, but it did make it easier to see what I was trying to get to and I wanted to check all of the wiring connections behind there anyways. I also removed the bolts that hold the coil assembly in place so that I could reposition the whole assembly to get at the machine screws that hold the tci to the underside of the coil assembly. I did not have any tools with a short enough shank to get under the tci to remove the two machine screws with the coil assembly in place.
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    I contacted ignitech and they told me that they have a box that works for the 90-93 models, but I have not ordered one yet to know for sure. Am planning to try one, price is pretty reasonable compared to a new one, less than any used ones that I have been able to find as well. When I do order the tci, I am going to order a new pickup coil as well. I just have to open the bike up and get a photo and measurements for them so that they send the right on for a Venture. I am getting both at once because the price is quite reasonable on the pickup coil and I am not 100% sure that my ignition problem is not in the coil.
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    Thanks to all who helped with my last question. After performing the suggested tests and maintenance, I still have no spark. Looks to be that the TCI has failed (though I have not been able to prove that the pickup coil is not at fault). Being a 92 model with the single pickup coil, there do not seem to be very many used ones available. Does anyone know of anyone who tests and repairs TCI boxes? Does anyone have a schematic for a 90-93 TCI box? It is not wired the same as the 1985 schematic that is available here on the website. Anyone installed the Ignitech on a 90-93 venture? I can get one of these for less than a used Yamaha TCI, but don't want to spend the money if it is not going to work right. Thanks Steve
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    Last month I picked up a 92 Venture project bike in pieces, bad rear driveline and final drive. The bike had sat for at least 6 years, supposedly ran real well prior the the driveline/final drive failure . I now have it reassembled and am ready to get it running. The problem is that I do not have any spark to any of the four cylinders. I find a lot of information for the models prior to 1990 with the two pickup coils, but not very much about the single coil system. I checked the wiring to the pickup coil, took the crankcase cover off and inspected the internal wires to the coil, cleaned the connection. By the service manual, the coil ohms out within spec's. Can anyone tell me what the pn is for the single pu coil? Took apart and cleaned the right handlebar stop switch. I cleaned the contacts for the ignition coils and ohm'd them as well, they also tested out good. Have not yet looked at the side stand switch or the emergency stop switch. I also cleaned the fuel tank and lined it, cleaned the carbs, fuel pump and installed new fuel lines and filter. I suspect that my problem may be the TCI. Is there a diagram of the tci box for the 90-93 models with the pinouts and ohm values available? What is the best way to remove the TCI? I have the battery and air box removed so far. If it is the TCI, anyone have experiance with the ignitech TCI unit on a 90-93 Venture? Is this a better way to go than finding a used one? There do not appear to be a lot of used ones available for these years. Anything else I need to be looking at? Thanks
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