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what did you wrench on today??

Octain said:
Its never ever "done" unless of course you sell it.:eek:

Congrats!! Maybe not such a big deal to you since its what, your seventh resto?
At any rate, congratulations!
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One tidbit I forgot to add to my story is finding spilled mercury from the sync gauge on the garage floor. How dangerous is mercury anyway? Scooped up most of it and will dump it back into the gauge reservoir but I guess the alley will get any remnants.:-#
 
Mercury is a neuro toxin..very harmfull to central nervous system. hat makers used mercury to cure the felts and hides used to make hats back in the 1600s thru 1800s.. the exposure lead them to go basucally insane at the time..thus giving rise to the phrase "MAD AS A HATTER" You wanna use latex gloves when handling and never breathe any vapors or fumes. Does this addiquately answer the question? And dont you dare dump it in the alley either!! Take it to your local hazmat team and let them deal with it properly.
 
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chuck hahn said:
Mercury is a neuro toxin..very harmfull to central nervous system. hat makers used mercury to cure the felts and hides used to make hats back in the 1600s thru 1800s.. the exposure lead them to go basucally insane at the time..thus giving rise to the phrase "MAD AS A HATTER" You wanna use latex gloves when handling and never breathe any vapors or fumes. Does this addiquately answer the question? And dont you dare dump it in the alley either!! Take it to your local hazmat team and let them deal with it properly.
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Chuck,
I'm referring to particulates too small to even recognize as mercury. There was a scattering of mercury on the ground which I swept up in a dust pan, in among the other dirt on the floor. Tilting the pan round caused the particles to roll around and join together until I had a puddle roughly the size of a dime, only thicker, which is going back into the sync gauge reservoir. I'm assuming there are various microscopic pieces lurking about on the garage floor so that's what I was referring to when talking about sweeping it out into the alley.
 
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Nessism said:
Chuck,
I'm referring to particulates too small to even recognize as mercury. There was a scattering of mercury on the ground which I swept up in a dust pan, in among the other dirt on the floor. Tilting the pan round caused the particles to roll around and joint together until I had a puddle roughly the size of a dime, only thicker, which is going back into the sync gauge reservoir. I'm assuming there are various microscopic pieces lurking about on the garage floor so that's what I was referring to when talking about sweeping it out into the alley.
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My suggestion is do not lick the floor.

Hap
 
Ingesting mercury is very bad. as is breathing its vapors. Fortunately, its vapor pressure is extremely low. Unless you work in a confined space, poor ventilation, with heated mercury, there is no problem. All sorts of people are insanely scared of mercury. Don't go nuts over it.

If you can find big globs of mercury and somehow coax them back into your synchronizer, do so. It is the safest place for them. Use latex gloves, as previously recommended.

For the garage floor, use a small amount of sawdust or oil dry to pick it up. Bag it, label the bag, and take it to the hazmat place. Estimate the total amount that you collect.
 
I dont know how much it will take to make you twitch and slurr your speach but i am not gonna be the guy that does the experiment on myself..i like the dry sweep and bad it to the hazmat people idea!!!
 
I spent parts of the past two days making brackets for Krauser luggage setup. As I'm a putterer, rather than a machinist, this involved a bit of cutting, a bit of grinding, eye-balling hole locations, drilling holes (easy with drill press recently acquired), a bit of banging and bending, more grinding, more banging.....into the house for a cold one.....I think I've got them lined up pretty good, now...next step is to to disassemble to paint brackets.

My new Dyna coils are at the postal depot, I hear, but cannot get them until tomorrow...might get this lump ('80 850) back on the road by this weekend.....:rolleyes:

Found a buyer for my little DT250, so a bit of poofing and tightening before I deliver it to him in the West Kootenays....he's paying me a bit extra to deliver....8 hours round trip from Kelowna.
 
Nessism said:
One tidbit I forgot to add to my story is finding spilled mercury from the sync gauge on the garage floor. How dangerous is mercury anyway? Scooped up most of it and will dump it back into the gauge reservoir but I guess the alley will get any remnants.:-#
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Ed, if you develop a third eye in the middle of your forehead ya might want to have it checked out...:D
 
In the 60s before mercury became poisonous, we used to rub it on silver coins (remember them?) to make them shiny again.
 
keep having troubles with the fuel guage on my 78 1000C. This time i tracked it down to a loose solder joint at the back of the sending unit in the tank..resoldered and is working ( FOR NOW!!!)
 
Trying to figure out if I want the bellypan / spoiler. :-k

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Mindless said:
Trying to figure out if I want the bellypan / spoiler. :-k
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I like the bellypan. It balances the angular tank shape, and follows similar parallel lines. I'd keep it.:D

The bikes back end on the other hand looks too high to me. The seat will force the rider to slide forward into the tank. Looks very uncomfortable.
 
Oil cooler line replacement.

Earlier this week I replaced all brake lines with SS braided.
 
Mindless said:
Trying to figure out if I want the bellypan / spoiler. :-k
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I like belly pans but I think that that one is not 100% right for your bike. Maybe if it was set back a couple of inches? What happened to the FJ belly pan (it looked pretty good in your earlier mock up? What does that look like on the bike now?
 
My old 550 is being treated to a new chain and a carb sync. New chain is way overdue.
 
Well today on the 750E I installed my new R/R, and clutch brake levers. have the 4-2 header soaking now, going to install the 4-1 and Kerker, this week.
Hopefully the new signals, mirrors, nuts, and bolts get here next week. Then after that, the Dynojet Stg3, and intake O-rings, and I'll be on the road.
 
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