| 1 | General Category / The Cafe / Re: Spring Fever on: Today at 21:29:07 |
| Started by Ruttly | Post by JOG | |
I was in a wire line truck, leaving a parking lot, as I got to the road,I hit the brakes,and nothing happened. It LOOKED Just Like an Emergency, so,I grabbed the E brake,,, Yeah,, Nutthhin.. I rolled out into a major North bound road praying I wasn't gonna be on the news. Because One brake cylinder failed. They towed it to the shop. I replaced the one pot master cylinder and all four brake cylinders. They called me Motorpool. I did the bodywork,mechanical work,electrical and operated equipment, rebuilt the triplex and centrifugal pumps, kinda did it all..and drove the 18 wheelers. |
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| 2 | General Category / The Cafe / Re: Spring Fever on: Today at 19:48:56 |
| Started by Ruttly | Post by Ruttly | |
Where’s the fun it that ? Hand brake works , it’s flat for miles , doesn’t really need brakes. But yeah I see your point. Going with the single OEM brakes. I’m an old mechanic I have a collection of brake spoons ! Almost got electrical sorted out. It starts from inside the cab now found fuse panel for turn signals and working on heater fan. The odometer reads 31640 and when I was removing what’s left of the visors and behind the drivers visor scratched into the paint 11971 New Motor. So I guess the engine was rebuilt/replaced about 19600 miles ago , she does run good , a bit of blowby , but not much , exhaust is clean. |
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| 3 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: Help! My bike wont run! on: Today at 18:20:59 |
| Started by MrMangoTime | Post by MrMangoTime | |
on Today at 17:30:45: Sounds like a bad petcock to me. No its not the petcock. I've checked and double checked it. It runs off of engine vacuum and on prime just fine. and the carb is getting plenty of gas. |
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| 4 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: Help! My bike wont run! on: Today at 17:30:45 |
| Started by MrMangoTime | Post by ohiomoto | |
Sounds like a bad petcock to me. |
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| 5 | General Category / The Cafe / Re: Spring Fever on: Today at 13:38:14 |
| Started by Ruttly | Post by JOG | |
If it's old enough to have a single pot master cylinder, you Ottsta get a two pot one. Much safer. |
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| 6 | General Category / The Marketplace / Re: Tire pressure monitor on: Today at 13:22:39 |
| Started by verslagen1 | Post by ThumperPaul | |
Cool. I’m the tire pressure monitor! It also gives me a good excuse to polish the chrome rims while I’m crawling around down there on the garage floor. |
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| 7 | General Category / The Marketplace / Re: Needed: Stock Front Pulley. Be a part of HISTO on: Today at 13:19:06 |
| Started by youzguyz | Post by ThumperPaul | |
Get well soon, Bud! No riding! Oh no!! Way to go, Lancer! Sir Lancer that is! |
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| 8 | General Category / The Marketplace / Re: Tire pressure monitor on: Today at 13:12:04 |
| Started by verslagen1 | Post by youzguyz | |
I don't use a phone mount on my bike very often, so I got one with a separate display. I've used this one for 2.5 years on the Rocket. https://www.amazon.com/SYKIK-Wireless-Pressure-Monitoring-Motorcycles/dp/B07B... |
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| 9 | General Category / Rubber Side Down! / Re: Help! My bike wont run! on: Today at 11:03:15 |
| Started by MrMangoTime | Post by MrMangoTime | |
on Today at 10:46:58: The air/fuel mix screw adjusts the pilot circuit. It mostly regulates idle and just off idle. That said, it doesn’t quit working just because the needle and main jet take over responsibility. So it modestly impacts the a/f mixture at all operating speeds. When you close the throttle, pull the clutch, and are slowing down, the engine wants to find idle. It can’t find good idle because the a/f mixture is incorrect - so it stalls and dies. Your approach to adjusting is generally correct. You want to find the happy place when adjusting. You gotta find that happy place again. The problem right now is you don’t know where you are at. Are you at 0.5 turns out or 4 turns out. Yes, the darn thing should come completely out by turning it counterclockwise. I can’t tell you how many F-bombs I dropped when mine got stuck and seized in there at about 4 turns out. Somebody out here more detailed than myself probably knows exactly how many turns it takes for it to come out completely (maybe 6-8 turns). I don’t remember exactly how many turns and didn’t count the threads. Good luck getting it completely out…or simply finding the happy place probably around 2 turns out. Thanks so much for the info, Paul. It seems that the mixture screw is my issue. I'm going to take a good part of my day tomorrow to see if I can get the darn thing disassembled so I can clean the whole thing in one of those big paint can sized things of carb cleaner. Part of me wants to just get a different carb altogether, but I'll see if I can salvage the one I've got for the time being. I'll get back to this thread after I get a chance to work on the thing and see if that fixes my problem. |
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| 10 | General Category / The Marketplace / Re: Tire pressure monitor on: Today at 10:50:55 |
| Started by verslagen1 | Post by TheBabyDerp | |
The longevity would be my main concern. If it lasted 1 year, that would seem fair for the price. Definitely update us in the future. |
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