Well Sadie isn't running to bad today. Didn't cut out today.

I did however change the vacuum tube. Wow! I'm sure glad I have small fingers. The left side is hard to get off and on. The old one was kinked in 2 places so I wouldn't be surprised of there are leaks there.

I also changed the air filter. I was told that it was fine after I got back from my trip. But they said we'll go ahead and order one and get it on. That was what 3-4 weeks ago. So I went down to the dealership and picked one up.

Glad I did. It was pretty dirty. Not critical but bad enough and there were 3 flecks of oil on it. I've ridden 4k on that air filter so I don't have a problem with changing it out rather than cleaning it. Now I'll clean it every 2000 like it's supposed to be.

And the loose wire was the brake light. Now that it is reconnected I have the brake light coming on when I engage the front brake. Always good.

Off to get gas before it goes up again. Always goes up on Thursday morning around here.

I just ran out to get gas - it had already gone up, drat! But it does sound better with just those 2 things done this afternoon.

Although watching me do it freaked my landlord out. I think it was eyeing up my mega set of socket wrenches.  

I'm not ready yet...

ALittlebird wrote on 08/13/08 at 18:29:31:

Little bird I did the cam chain thing today for the first time,it's a piece of cake,one piece of advice, when you order the gasget for the right side cover order a couple of extra circlips that hold the tensioner in place,those little buggers have a mind of there own.

I ended up making a 3 ring binder suppliment to my Clymers - it has all the manual corrections listed on this forum, and the ILLUSTRATED versions of how to which I use every time.
And without fail my binder is better than the manual at getting me through a project, especially the first time around. That plus the Savage CD can get you on top of ANY Savage project!