what did you wrench on today??

[Guest]

Not sure really.... The entire house has been that way to some degree or another. When I tried to paint the other hall after we bought the house, the old paint that appeared solid was literally getting pulled off of the ceiling by the paint roller. I scraped every bit of old paint off and proceeded to paint. That was 4-5 years ago, and its been fine...My thought is that the original paint was junk.

I repainted the inside of a house I used to own. The paint wouldn't stick at first. Turned out that the previous owner was a 4 pack a day smoker. I had to remove cigarette smoke tar from all the walls. Sprayed the walls with ammonia and watched yellow crud drip down. Needed to do it twice.

 

[dorkburger]

I think that is part of our problem as well. My wife was fairly repulsed when she began cleaning and found the same. Most white walls and ceilings........weren't anymore.

 

[HAMMERHT]

Did nothing except took a bus to pick it up from the mechanic.
I'm still on the bus.
The mechanic on the other hand changed my fork seals, which was something very over due.
Now all I need to do is get a new chain, sprockets and tires.


ps: I do all the easy stuff.... for now.

 

[Guest]

It is thoroughly disgusting. You'll need excellent ventilation to not choke on the fumes, which means windows open wide and fans, which means waiting until at least middle spring. Good luck.

 

[Jedz123]

Well tonight I managed to build myself a set of gauges for the EFE out of 2 bad sets. The set that came with the bike turns out were far more damaged then originally thought. The outer case was broken in several places, the inner plastic frame had all the mounts broken and what I thought was good glass was actually a piece of plexi silconed in place, oh well. A set that I managed to locate had a good case and bezel but the glass was cracked and because of that the gauge face was quite soiled and discoloured. So I managed to use the tach, speedo and gauge face from the old set, the plastic outer case and frame from the new set along with a piece of correct thickness non glare glass that my local glass shop was able to use to replicate a new glass face complete the trip meter hole. Viola, almost new gauges. Also ordered front and rear wheel bearing kits, steering stem bearing kits and fork seals. Started putting pieces back on the rear of the bike and now to start on the front.

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75K! Now it looks like that! Great job! AWESOME Restore job!! Looks new... Minus the mileage (or is it Kilometerage in Canada?)

I'm really trying with this metric thing for you guys, Trevor has been an exceptional mentor... Always distracting me with hilarious materials.

 

[Sandy]

Yesterday got the front end totally disassembled and ready to replace stem and wheel bearing as well as fork seals. Amazingly everything came out really easy, even the lower stem bearing race on the frame was easy and lower bearing wasn't bad either. Even the fork seals weren't seized in place. Gotta like that!!!:applouse: Anyway, bearings should be here in the next few days so final reassembly can begin. Once that's done it's just some more cleaning on the engine and then the paint work.

 

[tomo]

With the MOT test coming up, thought I`d better check the exhaust on "Henry" my Royal Enfield. I know, not a Suzuki but he shares the same garage as the Bandit & GS750s !. Thought the note had changed and the exhaust sounded louder than usual, found a big hole along the underside of the silencer which got bigger when I tapped about with a hammer. Thought about plating over and welding, but decided instead to get a new silencer which I ordered today. Just spent an hour or so in the garage trying to get the old one off, but sods law it won`t budge, well and truly crudded on. Trouble is where it is pushed onto the downpipe, not much of an edge to get a blunt chisel or anything on to give a good whack with hammer. Tried twisting it, not a chance !. Tomorrow will try a bit of heat, see if that helps. One of those simple jobs that turn into a chew on. Failing that, maybe just cut the thing off, will shorten the downpipe about 2" so a last resort, anyone have any other tricks to try ?.

 

[Grimly]

Dremel a slot in the outer pipe, lift up an edge of the slot with a screwdriver / chisel and leave it soaking in penetrant overnight. Application of heat and more twisting the following day will see it come off, leaving the inner pipe unscathed. If you happen to be in a hurry the soaking period is optional. I've had badly rusted car and bike pipes apart using this method.

 

[60ratrod]

Nothin today but make ejuice and clean the windows on my truck, but the last 4 days have been spent splitting and cleaning the cases on my gs650g of old oil and gaskets

 

[tomo]

Dremel a slot in the outer pipe, lift up an edge of the slot with a screwdriver / chisel and leave it soaking in penetrant overnight. Application of heat and more twisting the following day will see it come off, leaving the inner pipe unscathed. If you happen to be in a hurry the soaking period is optional. I've had badly rusted car and bike pipes apart using this method.

Thanks Grimly, I`ll give that a shot. Don`t have a dremel but should be able to use a hacksaw if I`m careful.

 

[Flyboy]

Yesterday morning was spent installing a new OEM valve cover gasket on Jennifer to cure a persistent oil leak, followed by a 100km test ride......just to make sure, you understand. Having far too much fun riding her.

Today was spent working on the E30 refreshing the front suspension, new bushes, lower control arms and tie rod ends fitted. Done and dusted. Just need to fit new shocks and sway bar links and the whole front suspension will be new, but that is next months task, one can only skim so much off the grocery money every month.

 

[Flyboy]

Yesterday morning was spent installing a new OEM valve cover gasket on Jennifer to cure a persistent oil leak, followed by a 100km test ride......just to make sure, you understand. Having far too much fun riding her.

Today was spent working on the E30 refreshing the front suspension, new bushes, lower control arms and tie rod ends fitted. Done and dusted. Just need to fit new shocks and sway bar links and the whole front suspension will be new, but that is next months task, one can only skim so much off the grocery money every month.

 

[ShadowFocus603]

Did you install OEM style rubber bushings Flyboy or did you upgrade to polyurethane?

 

[cowboyup3371]

Hey Stan, you've been hiding on us lately; what, get Jennifer running and forget about the rest of us? Where's the pictures?

 

[Flyboy]

ShadowFocus603, normal OEM rubber, I did consider poly, but decided against it, for a few reasons, firstly, I am cheap, so instead of buying ready made poly, I buy the vesconite and turn them myself, I just hate paying rip off prices for parts because they are so called "performance" when they cost a tenth of the price to make yourself, that would have taken another week or so before I could get to a lathe, secondly, the car is a daily driver, so on the ragged edge handling is not important to me, I would rather forego a bit of handling for a softer ride, and the e30 handles plenty good enough in stock trim for any road work, even when pushed, and lastly, the OEM rubber bushes have lasted 24 years and 470 000Km, so these should outlast me. But yes vesconite does tighten it up for on the edge handling, and I will install them on a weekend burner.

No man Scott, bloody internet has been spotty and pathetic at best the last month, I am on wireless and right on the very edge of the coverage area, so I need an outside aerial to get any decent, useable signal, long story short I buggered up mt aerial by cutting the coaxial cable to join it, and have been without it for over a month.
Jennifer is running well, just throwing a few teething problems into the pot every now and again, just to keep me honest.
I have done just under 900 miles on her since rebuild, and enjoying every minute.

Here you go Scott, just for you, Jennifer just after her bath last weekend.

 

[850 Combat]

I spent the morning trying to figure out what is making the '68 Cortina lose power and cut out. I found and corrected some questionable electrical connections in the aftermarket electronic ignition. That seems to have fixed it. I was planning to replace the distributor and coil, but I forgot to have an intake manifold gasket on hand. The Delorttos stick out over the the distributor, and its a lot easier to pull off the carbs when working on the distributor.

I may not have needed the distributor after all.

I'm fixing to pull the brake masters and calipers off of the Nortons and have them rebuilt. The masters will be sleeved to increase braking power.

 

[gustovh]

Removed the cylinder from the CL70 in preparation for refreshing. Hone, lap the valves and new rings.

V

 

[Sandy]

Weather here sucks, it's too warm for skiing and too much snow for riding so I spent some time on the EFE. Got the front end mostly cleaned up and back together. New head bearings, new wheel bearings and new fork seals. Now to get the BT45 mounted and balanced as well as put in some fork oil. Probably go with 15w and an extra 1/2" preload to start and see where that puts me. Todays the day it actually starts going back together. Still have to figure out what to do about some paint work on the plastic though.

 

[dorkburger]

Not too much....Took a break from the house project and cleaned up the garage a bit- got rid of the left over sheetrock sweeped, etc.

Then on the GS, i replaced the leaking valvecover hold down washers, then put the tank and panels back on. Note to self......next time attach the fuel line to the carbs before installing. Dumb dumb.

Its good to see it back together.
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[Guest]

Haven't logged in here for quite some time but the last few weeks I have been in and out of the carbs on the 450 after discovering tears in the diaphragms just before Christmas.

I ordered a pair of JBM diaphragms to replace the stock ones but as per usual these red headed step child carbs they use on the 80 - 82 450's refuse to cooperate with the JBM diaphragms. The key to them operating correctly is to roll them when installing, but the setup of these carbs means the roll does not stay in place and therefore the excess rubber ends up bunching up and prevents the slide from lifting fully.

I can still putt around to work and back keeping the throttle on low openings so it doesn't run too lean but there are no fun rides at present.

I'm eyeing off a set of GS500 carbs to swap in potentially with some GS500 camshafts as well as both are local to me and the price is right.