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    what did you wrench on today??

    In the next couple weeks I'll hopefully do many things, including get one of my brother in laws bikes back on the road, show the other one that you don't have to sell your soul to the dealer, get my GS legal, and stockpile the freezers with food! Nothing like being ready for life! (And I...
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    what did you wrench on today??

    After @Burque73 drug me out of my black hole of an office recently, got my fuel tank ready to mount, which will be the last thing before I get it registered, and start sorting out the minor details that aren't critical to riding, like wheel bearings. Seeing a clean running version of my bike...
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    good seal for air filter housing panels

    I used some sticky backed round gasket material from a hardware store for my bike, but any air that makes it past that would still be filtered, right? Any gaps in my setup would still let grit through, I imagine, though I do have it pretty squished down.
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    Fuel cap gasket

    Neither tank is that bad, I'm more balancing the line between excessive work, and slapshod work that will bite future me. When I first attempted to bring it back, I unfortunately found many things that were ill done, and I didn't help things by trying to take shortcuts. Like trying to avoid...
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    Fuel cap gasket

    Sigh, and I've had citric acid on a list to buy, but couldn't figure out why I'd put it there, or at least such a large package. Early onset dementia, but I kept wondering why I was buying something I use by the teaspoon in canning, by the pound. I'll try it on the next tank, evaporust is...
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    Fuel cap gasket

    New gasket on the old cap didn't pass the initial gut test, so I swapped it back to the new cap. It was just different enough and loose. Gives me another thing to avoid real work trying out fixing the old cap. Good to have options! Also, I do hope evaporust is as non toxic as it claims, had a...
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    ERROR MESSAGE

    Heh, I saw this issue after posting a question, after a LONG hiatus, and a minimal footprint, including I'm pretty sure, being removed before as detritus. What can I say, my GS has been a project at least a decade in the works, including a bad wreck, multiple moves, getting married, and much...
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    Fuel cap gasket

    Well, I went and ordered both a cheap cap, and a sheet of nitrile rubber. And a some spray paint to repaint since I chipped the existing bad rattle can job dropping the tank. Bleh. I've got two tanks, might as well give myself options! More fun than work these days!
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    Fuel cap gasket

    Sigh... been a long time... 1979 GS850G if that makes a difference. Time to update my signature I think.
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    Fuel cap gasket

    De-rusting a tank, I noticed my fuel cap leaked like a sieve, likely due to the obvious severe cracking of the rubber. Nuts. Looks like it's a circle of rubber that's maybe bonded to a flexible metal disc to force a seal against the tank. Any reason not to just cut away the rubber and cut out...
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    what did you wrench on today??

    I'd appreciate that, though these days it's all bailing twine, I'll have you know. I really like the stuff used on the big bales, as it's miles stronger than the small square twine that snaps when you look at it wrong. Last time I had a whole stack delivered, maybe 120 bales, 10-20 fell and...
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    what did you wrench on today??

    Well, more than a weekend, thanks to much excitement with animal drama (I raise sheep on the side) and now a lack of a day job, but the bike is now running, but not for long. Seems like a lack of fuel from my sketchy aux tank setup, so maybe I should have bought brand name from the start. So...
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    what did you wrench on today??

    After several years of half-hearted attempts, I cleaned/reassembled the carbs, and got spark back to my 850, only to find the carb fuel rails leaking. So this morning saw me look at the new (metal this time) rails, and start poking around a box of o-rings to test fit. Very complicated and...
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    Bolt/Nut assortment

    Finally getting around to a more deliberate fixing attempt to my '79 850, which leads me to cleaning up the electrical, specifically several grounds, bad bolts, etc. Going to go slow, and actually address things BEFORE they fail. Crazy thought, I know. But now it's my only non-running engine...
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