what did you wrench on today??

[UPdragracer]

changed a injector in a S60 Detroit diesel at work, 14L inline six, 500hp.
electro mechanical injector that the electro part had failed.

view of top of engine with valve cover off, that is "Jake" engine brake assembly on top of valve/ injector rockers.

engine brake actuator and rocker shaft removed exposing injector (in middle of valves.

bad injector removed from engine, that is a quarter dollar sitting on it for scale.

Done a few 100 of those in my day , I kinda miss working on the old detroits .

 

[chuck hahn]

Dis assembled the tach and gas guage on my newly aquired 78 GS 1000 C and fixed the broken gas guage..now i have a working fuel guage again.

 

[tas850g]

I finally tapped a cam cap hole on my '85 Ninja 600r and put in a helicoil. Followed the suggestions here after performing a search. Took my time and it came out pretty well. Put red thread lock on the coil before inserting it and will let it set for 24hrs. Will put in the 6mmx1.00 bolt tonight to see if it will hold torque.

 

[Baatfam]

Finally mounted the two new horns I bought a year ago on the 1100E...
I'll get them wired up tonight...

 

[Bert Patterson]

Finally mounted the two new horns I bought a year ago on the 1100E...
I'll get them wired up tonight...

Now that would be a worthy effort - I've had no horn for the ten years I've owned this thing. When someone added an oil cooler, they just got rid of the horn.

 

[Guest]

working on the gs1000

changing oil,filter,secondary and final gear oil.

waiting on girlfriend to deliver filter so oil is draining right now, and EEWWWWW it looks nasty

and I dont know but i think the incredible hulk must of put the drain plug on last, I thought the bike was going to come off the center stand I was having to push/pull on it so hard.

 

[vista461]

Forks are all apart, everything looks good now just need some seals and some oil

 

[Runningdog]

Did nothing on the GS (they need so little.....:-\\\), but installed a new front master cylinder on the XS 400 cafe project, plus bled the fluid front and rear, and installed a new headlight bucket on the same bike. Also, cleaned up the engine and changed the oil on Mom's old garden chipper/shredder.

Putter, putter, putter.....

 

[El Giablo]

I lowered the nice '83 Katana and got the '83 Rat-Kat running.

 

[tkent02]

Knocked a winter's worth of mud and road grime off the BMW.

 

[pontiacstogo]

Got the engine back in the 1100F over the weekend;

 

[Calvin Blackmore]

I wrencehd upon an old gs that seemingly has a dead signal generator

so only one side appeared bad with infinite resistance

we need to set up a swap meet to allow for anyone with extra good sides to exchange them

I mean at 170 usd for some ridiculous permanent magnet coils there has to be a way to solder a good working half onto a plate

or we can all call china and ask them to make us some
but they websites i see tend to ask for 500k plus units

which makes me think

the anility to produce adaptable electroncis vis software means that we shoul no longer be subject to dubious 30 year old stuff on a shelf

the is no reasoan an igniter cannot be selectable among all variants of gs we drive

much less is there any need to be hel prisoner to an outrageous price for a simple coil

who here speaks chinese?

 

[Turtleface]

Finished up the last few things in preparation of syncing the carbs. Woo! Got the carbs reinstalled, oil pan reinstalled, stator cover reinstalled, valves re-checked, valve cover reinstalled, top end oiler installed, cam chain tensioner reset and reinstalled, front calipers reinstalled, front M/C reinstalled, rear caliper reinstalled, rear M/C reinstalled, chain alignment re-checked, clutch reinstalled....then I broke a pressure plate/clutch spring bolt. Sonofamonkey. Torque wrench set to 8 ft-lbs, I think I was still compressing the spring when the bolt twisted. Only other snafu I ran into, I pulled the threads on a valve cover bolt hole, but those are easy enough to fix. So, now I have to disassemble the clutch, get the remainder of the bolt out (snapped pretty close to the clutch hub, will probably need to drill & easy-out), and reassemble the clutch. Bleargh. So close. Oh well, the down-time will give me time to get some house-cleaning done. Ordered a Deltron Battery Tender today, and an AGM battery, along with a Mity-Vac. Engine's looking great will all the stainless bits, plus the pods and Greg B's top end oiler.

Only other major item I have is cleaning and sealing the fuel tank. And brake bleeding, but I figured I'd wait until I get the Mity-Vac before I start that task. I still have a fork clamp bolt that needs attention as well, but that's a simple bolt and nut replacement. Here's to next weekend.!

 

[979roadrunner]

Finaly got the proper 29.5 mm shims instaled, now tomorrow and the next day maybe I can get the right breather cover gasket and get the bike back together.
Just in time to get it inspected (actualy a little late)
From now on I do my own parts lookup and go in with part numbers in hand.

 

[Baatfam]

Pulled the starter on the 1100E after it was STILL leaking oil yesterday...

Yes, the o-ring is bad...
I'll grab one here at work today and get it buttoned back up tonight...

 

[Turtleface]

Woo, lots of parts showed up today. Fixed my broken clutch pressure plate bolt. I was able to spin it out with a pair of needle nose pliers. Finished up reinstalling the clutch and clutch cover. Polished my carb tops, and installed new pilot jet passage plugs. Adjusted the clutch, throttle, and choke cables. Battery Tender seems to be working just fine, battery's at +80 percent after six hours or so. Drained the fuel out of the gas tank, removed petcock, filler cap, and fuel level sending unit. Flushed the tank with water, and forced air dryed it with a heat gun. Tomorrow I'll go about sealing it with the POR-15 kit I had for a while. Ordered up a Pingel petcock to finish off the fuel system. Old petcock works fine, so I'll keep it as a back up or something. Should be ready to fire the motor to sync the carbs this weekend, if not tomorrow. Brakes will get finished off as soon as the Mity-Vac shows up, which should be Monday. I'll probably go ahead and fill the system and get an initial bleed on it. See if I can get a good enough feel on the lever to go for a few short test rides in order to do a few plug chops to fine tune the carbs. Hoping to make a nice 300 mile ride on the 20th, up to Sedona, so I've got just a little over a week to shake out any bugs. Should be doable.

 

[cowboyup3371]

Fixed the front brake light switch yesterday and definitely determined the rectifier is bad. Waiting for the new one from Duaneage to arrive hopefully today or tomorrow. Still need to replace the brake pads and get the new tires put on.

 

[wesmoon]

well i installed the 13mm offset sprocket... and thats enough work for today... sister graduated and beer is setting in hooooha

 

[El Giablo]

Wrenched on the RAT-KAT, then prepared some Yoshimura headers for paint. G.

 

[Nessism]

Received the new 850 project on Thursday and have been busy: scrubbed down the entire bike top to bottom including a good engine degreasing, adjusted the valves and replaced valve cover gasket(s), stripped and dipped the carbs, and scubbed down a little battery splooge with a wire brush and slathered on some POR-15 paint to seal down the spots. Tomorrow the carbs go back together, painted spots get top coated, and the airbox gets new foam. Good fun!