Good for you Bob - and well done Steve!
Wow, very cool.
Pete
Wow, very cool.
Pete
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Good for you Bob - and we’ll done Steve!
Wow, very cool.
Pete
Actually, Bob, yours is idling smoother/better than mine.
I've got more work to do then...
.That's a happy soundin' motor.
Sounds great. You deserve something to go right. Next the riding video. Can’t wait.THE THIRD TIME’s A CHARM.
This morning I went out to my shop and went straight at my carburetors. Steve (2M) made an astute observation the other day. He was looking at photos of my carburetor parts and spotted a problem. He observed that my pilot jets were the wrong style.
So I went through my old parts and found my original jets, and sure enough, they looked like the ones that 2M showed me.
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So I ordered some new, correct style jets, and in the meantime, I cleaned these up and installed them.
Before I re installed my carburetors and air boxes, I had a few loose ends to take care of first. One was to get a clutch cable back on my bike. I decided to give my new silver cable from Mikes another try. I absolutely greased the snot out of it and put it on. And well.......hell. I still don’t like it. So off it came and the Motion Pro cable went back on. Ahhh.....there it is......my butter smooth clutch is back.
Then I had to put the shifter lever and foot peg back on, And Then....another job that needed doing. Remember that metric thread repair kit I bought? I took a go at repairing the stripped out side cover mounting holes in my frame. The new repair kit is a real value item, and it worked great.
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The repaired threads are nice and solid, I used red locktite on the thread inserts.
True confession time , I tried to cheap out on this repair first. I stirred up a little JB Weld and smeared into the worn out threads and then re tapped them after it set up. Yeah......FAIL.
So now my carburetors and air boxes can go back on!
Still using the white gas tank off of my other bike. I need to get some gas for my red tank, and I wanted to give the petcocks some time to seal.
Hooked up the gas lines, turned on the petcocks , hit the starter button, and well......see for yourself.
Right outa the box, as soon as I started it, I knew it was right. I have to tell you I was really beginning to doubt myself. I thought that maybe I had done something fundamentally wrong during my rebuild. I was beginning to think it may never run right.
A special shout out to 2M for getting me back on track! You rock brother!
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Tomorrow, I have just a few details to get done. Get some gas in the tank, side covers on , license plates and mirrors and seat on. Then..........
MY BIKE WILL BACK ON THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1985!!!
Arizona has these cool, solid copper historic plates.
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So...will tomorrow be the happy culmination of over a years hard work, or will I be pushing a very pretty boat anchor back home?
Tune in tomorrow , same bat time, same bat channel!
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Fingers crossed!!
Bob
Controversial maybe... but a "hard breakin" is how I've always done it. I've broke in hundreds of Lycoming's that way. It's what the factory calls for. On the first flight, you pull the power back right after take-off and do an easy climb to 6-8000 ft. Level off and let the oil and CHT temps drop as low as they'll go, then you push it up to full throttle and let her cook. Lazy ovals around the field for about an hour. Land, look it over... usually burnt about a quart of oil. Gas and oil and do it again. If it was a good rebuild, oil consumption was about zero after the second run. Pull the filters and cut 'em open. If they're clean, new filters... top it off and do it again. Done. Building Lycoming's was fun. Breaking 'em in was even funner...This one's controversial.
- - - MY BIKE WILL BACK ON THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1985!!!
Arizona has these cool, solid copper historic plates.
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So...will tomorrow be the happy culmination of over a years hard work, or will I be pushing a very pretty boat anchor back home? - - -
Bob
Controversial maybe... but a "hard breakin" is how I've always done it. I've broke in hundreds of Lycoming's that way. It's what the factory calls for.
Did ya hear those beautiful pipe noises !Well done Bob - now git 'er done and ride!