what did you wrench on today??

[Guest]

Totally ignored my ignition issue tonight coz it's royally p*&^%@ me off.

Got the throttle and tacho cables run ready for the first start, hopefully the tacho still works well enough to show me 2500 rpm's.

Also started on my cardboard mockup of my exhaust, pretty happy with how it's looking so far.

 

[gsryder]

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

OH MY!
OK, now that the initial drool factor is over. I wonder if the center cylinders 2 & 3 may receive more boost than the outer 1 & 4

 

[gsryder]

OH MY!
OK, now that the initial drool factor is over. I wonder if the center cylinders 2 & 3 may receive more boost than the outer 1 & 4

I hope not! LOL!
But just in case I welded A/F bungs on the header so I can monitor each cylinder and tune accordingly.

 

[850GT_Rider]

OH MY!
OK, now that the initial drool factor is over. I wonder if the center cylinders 2 & 3 may receive more boost than the outer 1 & 4

It might have the opposite effect. Without baffles, the airflow may tend to hug the walls of both the short-radius feed tube and the main header tube. But inventors and tinkerers like Mr. Gsryder are used to overcoming silly obstacles like physics. :clap:

Ya know..in keeping with many many threads on here....you may have to re-jet

 

[gsryder]

It might have the opposite effect. Without baffles, the airflow may tend to hug the walls of both the short-radius feed tube and the main header tube. But inventors and tinkerers like Mr. Gsryder are used to overcoming silly obstacles like physics. :clap:

Ya know..in keeping with many many threads on here....you may have to re-jet

AWHH!!!NO!!!! you mean the stocks jets and needle settings wont work LOL!!

I actually looked at allot of different designs, read allot of different concepts, read allot of different posts from people that have "been there done that" never really found the "right way" to build a plenum.........so I figured I would weld some fittings together and see what happens. Truthfully there is some much other stuff going on with the system in general air going from point A to point B is one of my lesser concerns.

 

[Awall]

spent hours sanding all aluminum side covers, lightly polished and hand cut all new gaskets for them.

 

[DanTheMan]

just the stupid truck again.....

just the stupid truck again.....

Due to my aggravation and stupidity working on the truck and trying to get an injection pump to work that wouldn't, I fried my newly rebuilt starter motor. I knew better, but did it anyway. So, Wednesday morning, the starter motor fried, I pulled it out, had a friend take me to where my wife works, got the Suburban, delivered said motor to my trusty rebuilder who told me I really truly fried it beyond belief, but he would fix it for me and keep it as cheap and affordable as possible.
I picked it up yesterday afternoon, and installed it this morning, everything works fine now. I got two rebuilt starters for the price of one (if I'd bought it at one of the friendly Auto Parts dealerships), so in the end, I paid $300.00 for my starter. That's what happens when stupid decisions are made. My rebuilder told me it takes a full 2 minutes of cool down for every 8-10 seconds of turning that starter. It all works right now, anyway, and that aggravation is out of my hair, now I can go back to the other projects.

 

[850GT_Rider]

Dan, if it wasn't for bad luck on your truck, you'd have no luck at all!

Let's hope it serves you well for a while now. ray:

 

[cowboyup3371]

Finally put the new license plate on the horse trailer today but will need to install a new license plate light so I'll wait for a warmer day to do that. Also reinstalled the valve cover and the air box but promised my daughter she could help so couldn't do much else since she was at her aunt's today. Next weekend maybe.

 

[Detroit Diesel Man]

After a long cold and very sbowy winter here in Mn I finally got in the shop and started some re-work on the bike..going through carbs again..complete with new paint for them...misc frame paint touch up..new rear shocks..ok not new but more of an upgrade with adj dampening..new rear sprocket to change gearing a bit...blinker re-work the std points cond plugs valve setting..plus a host of other things that always come up..feels good to be in the shop prepping for the spring/summer...cant wait to ride!


DDM

 

[Dave8338]

After a long cold and very sbowy winter here in Mn I finally got in the shop and started some re-work on the bike..going through carbs again..complete with new paint for them...misc frame paint touch up..new rear shocks..ok not new but more of an upgrade with adj dampening..new rear sprocket to change gearing a bit...blinker re-work the std points cond plugs valve setting..plus a host of other things that always come up..feels good to be in the shop prepping for the spring/summer...cant wait to ride!


DDM

Glad to hear that some around here is getting something done!

Me and mine...still waiting for the weather to break.

 

[1_v8_merc]

Well got the Forks ripped apart on the GS.

Got a buncha **** painted....gonna look awesome!
(i'll post those tomorrow, when it's complete.)













And, me being stupid.........

 

[DanTheMan]

Caution, may turn *P*

Caution, may turn *P*

Taxes! What happened to the middle class tax cuts? I'm working my butt off now for 2 days trying to whittle my Federal tax down to where I don't have to pay above and beyond what we've had taken from us already! We don't come close to the $120k/year mark, more like half of that, I didn't even make a profit on my business last year! Last year, I paid into MN, this year, it looks like the feds are deeper into my pocket.:twistedevil:

I'd like to WRENCH on some politician's heads!:twistedevil:

I did go out to my shop, and looked at my bike and the string bass work in progress, I'll be getting back to that tomorrow, I hope.

 

[GS ace]

Dead in the water in my shop. I just took the cylinder apart on my air compressor. The sleeve and ring were ate up. It's no wonder why it started making weird noises and wouldn't recover. Damned oil-less stuff. In a few minutes, I have to deal with riding an hour to north Austin in screwy traffic for a kit.

 

[ccs]

I finished stripping and cleaning my carbs and adjusted my valve clearances.

Before hand the bike had been sitting for years, the carbs leaked badly and it idled very rough.

After putting everything back together, i charged my battery overnight and tried the starter this morning. It fired up first hit of the button and idled smoothly straight away!

I'm stoked

 

[Charlie G]

If you cruze e-bay and craigs list your going to buy something. Call me lazy, but I found a complete set of body work for my 650, with really decent factory paint for less than I think I could have bought automotive paint. My origonal tank is badly spider cracked and the clear coat and decal on the other parts were pretty bad. Waiting for gasgets for the tank and I'll put it on. New cowl and side covers in place.

 

[RedBaron]

I diagnosed an intermittent electrical problem on a 2007 Polaris Ranger 500 4x4, isolated to faulty ign switch after installing 16oz weight to keyring and performing test on switch assembly.

then helped a customer find a replacement trigger guard for a H&R topper 88 12 guage.

Then a 2002 Yamaha YFM350X Warrior with a no spark issue along with a customer created issue. Found customer installed a used CDI box with the factory yellow spacer installed as well as having one in the connector block itself preventing proper connection. After corrected pursued no spark issue and isolated pulse coil as having an open condition. Replaced stator/pulsar assembly, refilled oil, verified spark, fueled unit, rebuilt faulty fuel cock, reassembled unit.

Then went home early and read American Rifleman and had a cheeseburger.

 

[Dave8338]

Well done, Charlie...WELL DONE!

Flea Bay has my daily interest. Waiting aon a complete front brake set up for the 850. Been waiting too long, at this point. Seller already has my money.

 

[7981GS]

If you cruze e-bay and craigs list your going to buy something. Call me lazy, but I found a complete set of body work for my 650, with really decent factory paint for less than I think I could have bought automotive paint. My origonal tank is badly spider cracked and the clear coat and decal on the other parts were pretty bad. Waiting for gasgets for the tank and I'll put it on. New cowl and side covers in place.

She'll be brand new!!! :dancing:

Daniel