Jim

Close. :sneaky:

I buy the red Scotch- Brite's by the box. You'd be amazed at the number of uses for 'em.

https://apnews.com/article/climate-solar-energy-farmers-grants-trump-585a1df02a748d689b3ee5136ce69313

Quiet a few farmers have solar "farms" where sheep or cattle graze. It's win win for the farmer. The solar power company pays the farmer...

https://www.xs650.com/threads/55842

I guess I see it all a bit different. There have been gas, oil, coal... you name it fired power plants for well over a hundred years...

A good wax and grease remover should get rid of the pencil marks. Hint: don't do that. I use little pieces of tape and mark on them...

One word... electronic ignition! Ok, that two words, but if it's good enough for your 50 yr old XS.... :whistle:

Have a guess?

Learned the same lesson on a '61 Corvair... :rolleyes:

...and being as how all the other rubber bits went to crap over the years, I wouldn't discount the possibility the advance diaphragm...

Have you checked timing yet? You're dealing with two advances on Bugs, as I recall. There's the vacuum advance (that you tested) And...

I've got my Advance folk trained. When I walk in, all they say is "hi Jim," and let me be. Wonderful bunch of guys... seriously, but...

Good a place as any for this. Just received it from an ol' war buddy.... During the First Gulf War, all our little Sand Castle Kingdoms...

Also Shelby, if you're not using the neutral lockout function, you can cut that ugly lookin' flat plate off. It's just for the neutral...

Hi Shelby, good to see you around the forum. If you want, I've got an original stand.... you could start over with a new welder...

Crankshaft seals from Orings and More. $18.63 to my door. These are Chinese... of course. Everywhere I looked they were anywhere from...

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