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what did you wrench on today??

Nice work, Daniel !!! Looks ALL to familiar.

If rust were never an issue, one could make make a vehicle last nearly forever. ;) :o
 
Fuel System

Fuel System

Today, I flushed out the fuel tank and rebuilt the petock on my '75 GT750. Next, I'll remove the carbs and clean them out.
 
Got a little more done today, in the best of working conditions. ;)
Woke up to this at 7 A...

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The Sun pretended to come out and the snow started to melt.
Got some more braces in, the piece over the doorway and started on the rear
top framing.
While listening to the radio, they said that there was a 90% chance of snow and chains with 4 x 4 was required in the mountain passes.
Pulled the tarp of and secured it enough to not blow off in the wind.
Got ready to slam the last two 4 x 8's up to cover the roof.



Grabbed the wife and got them installed. (barely) Then, covered the mess up, fast!



Will work on the framing for the overhangs another time.
Enough for today. Time to work on some carbs in the garage. ;)

Weather is looking good for the rest of the week:
(From NOAA.gov)

Hazardous weather condition(s):

Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: Snow showers. High near 38. Breezy, with a west wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 25. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 5. Northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 25. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11.

New Year's Day: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Sunday: A slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 31.


Daniel
 
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1_v8_merc said:
Okay, I'll play.
Been workin on my brothers Jeep today, the ENTIRE floor was rotted out, and frame was rusted as well.

So we hadda cut it out.
And the 5-spd needed a rebuild too.









I angle-grinded the frame today, I got the Drivers sides almost completely rust-free, but THIS pic shows the Passenger side still needs some work on the inner-frame.
Click to expand...
Hey, it's a JEEP, they're made that way (to rust out in every conceivable location). I've got a '74 CJ6 and mine was like that. I've still got to finish it right, but it's got floorboards and a somewhat solid frame again, just have the floorboards bolted in though, I haven't welded them yet.:D
 
I just started doing more work on my 1000G. Took off all the metal bits around the tail light and rear turning lights and rear fender brace. Got them sand blasted and primed, ready for paint. :)
 
I started this thread in march 2010 just because i was bored and wondering what other people were doing to break the cabin fever..I cant believe it has been going so long!!! Wonder now what has been the longest running thread here on the forum so far???
 
I just installed a set of Dyna Green coils to match the ignition (huge upgrade over stock coils), 8mm wires, and a ceramic socket for the headlight bulb. My Progressive rear shocks should be here tomorrow so they are wrenched in advance.
 
today I wrenched on my spare 900F motor for my CB900C that is recieving her organ transplant from the younger motor soon.

then I went and handled an old friend's shrubbery. the knights of Ni demanded a sacrifice, so I cut parts of a shrubbery.
 
Today I helped (not very well) work on a brand new LS7 Turn Key Long Travel Predator Sand Rail Front A Arm. $140,000 new and 2nd run decided to jump the same jumps trophy trucks were hitting. $4,000 worth of damage :(
 
Picked up the front fork bits this AM, tackled that project on the GS850 after lunch.....all bolts came loose without sacrificing a goat....YA......HOO....drained the fork legs, they did not have precisely 251cc of fluid in them, I'll leave them to drain overnite. I'll take the forks apart tomorrow and put the new seals in, plus the brand new Progressive springs....cool....I'm going to try Castrol 10W non-detergent in the forks, with no air pressure.

Thought I had a brake fluid leak, but the fork seals were actually sufficiently gone to allow much fork oil to drip past the calipers and onto the floor......brake pads are dry, great, have enough little projects without adding....

Having everything apart on the front gives me an opportunity to straighten my askew headlight ear, and repaint both. I'll also swap bars for something 2" lower and 2" less pull-back than the stock 1980 bars.

No head and cylinder back yet, the head shop is closed over the winter break. I was hoping he could glass blast my valve cover, and I'd then paint all three pieces with VHT silver. Oh, well, lots of winter yet to come.
 
Wheel nut?

Wheel nut?

I used one wrench today !

(my GS700ES needs new tires)
 
Runningdog, great improvements for the 850G. I still need to instal the bars on mine. :o
I used 15W in the forks.

Daniel
 
Got it toasty inside. First time the darn heater didn't want to work in years!!!
Took several tries to get it going, and I used it YESTERDAY! Got the floor painted, sorta.
My sprayer refused to function in the cold. No adjustment changes would make it spray more than a trickle.
It would have taken forever!
So, I rolled the darn thing. First coat anyway...

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After heating the spray gun in the path of the heater, it started to work so I painted some of the back,
side and front with some oil-based/tinted primer...

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Didn't get to making the door...
High of 25 today!
 
7981, man's gotta have a cave.....looking like good progress, I think I never had so much satisfaction as working on my shack, even though it took all summer....wiring, siding, insulating, painting, pavers around the outside, organizing/building bench and shelves.

Get as much power to your shed as you can (I put a 20amp and a 15amp circuit into mine, and it's almost not enough).....
 
I built work tables for my shop today from some treated 2 x 6 and 4 x 4 lumber that I had from a deck that I removed from the house a couple of years ago. My son-in-law calls them Armageddon tables. When Armageddon comes, he wants to be under one of them for protection.
I built 2 each 30" x 9 ft and 1 each 4' x 4'. All of them 36" high with 4x4 posts for legs. I can pretty much put anything I want on them and work on it.
 
Work on the humidifier today. Dang water valve was stuck. Working good now.:)
 
I finished a second coat of paint on the floor, started to build the attic supports and got a couple of babies into their new safe home...

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For a pleasant change, that is NOT SNOW on the floor.
Plenty to be had... OUTSIDE! ;)


Daniel
 
Today I decided to clean out the shop, and make some room so I could work on some winter projects that I have plans of doing. Well as I got started I pulled a 80GS750E that I had gone through 5 yrs ago from the back wall and started assessing what needed to be done to finish this project. I had already done all the electric upgrades, carbs ,boots , and o-rings, adjusted the valves. New K&N filter ect. So as it looks I need to find a tank and a set of side covers, blow the dust off Oh and a seat cover. I never fueled the bike after all the work . I had purchased a tank, and seat but ended up stealing them for my 1100e project, now I need to find some more.
 
Got the old valve stem seals out finally:



And did some polishing. Not up to the standard I've seen numerous times on here, but certainly good enough for what I want:



And I'm liking the Suzuki emblems minus the black too, just for something a little different.
 
Nice looking shop. They are never large enough, though. Mine's filled to capacity. I carpeted my shop, and it's a bunch nicer laying and sitting. I work year-round between 60-75 degrees.[heat and A/C]
 
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