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Not much completed in the last week or so. I put Matts bike back together, but we still haven’t taken a test ride.
I changed the oil and filter in my bike because i thought i was hearing a metallic rattle on my last ride, but I was rippin’ triple digits on pavement, so it may have just been a combination of knobbies, pavement and wind noise. The oil came out clear of debris, but pretty dark from heat. Regardless Im hoping for the best.
Was working on Matts bike last night with him, trying to figure out a strange stalling issue that arose on our last ride. Seemed like the carb was running dry, but when I pulled the carb apart last night nothing looked strange. So I gave it a very quick clean, set the float valve a touch lower (so the bowl fuel level will sit higher), and put a new fuel filter inline too replace the very old and yellow’d one. Hoping the filter was plugged, and we’re done with this stalling issue.
Tonight I’m picking up parts for Matts bike, some rubber isolators for his seat that have been ready for pickup a couple weeks now.
The power washer fired up first pull with the choke on, and ran strong after opening it fully. Only trouble is the wand trigger doesnt function properly, its stuck 90% open, so “always on” sorta deal. My neighbour wasnt too concerned, said he’ll get a new wand later.
Last night I repaired the wiring harness, was less work than expected once I unwrapped all the electrical tape. All the ground wires had full continuity, and just any 6 feet were melted through the sheathing. The hardest part was de-pinning one two-pin connector as the male terminal had two ground wires going to it. Once I got the pin out, I openined it, replaced both wires and had a miserable time shoving the two new back through the connector. Eventually WD40 saved the day haha.
Anyways, gonna ship it back to my bro-law today.
Last night in The Shop I cleaned the carb from my neighbours pressure washer, the bowl was rusty and main jet plugged solid. Hopefully she’ll fire up quickly today, and that stupid wand trigger sorts itself out when it sees a blast of high pressure water.
Tonight I plan to repair my bro-laws wiring harness so I can ship it back to him in Peterborough
The Shop was busy last week, but not by me. James was wrenching on the FJ, replacing the front hubs , seals, and CV’s, tire rods and sway bar and links on both sides. He had quite a few set backs trying to get all the parts he needs, but overall he’s thrilled with his results. The FJ can coast again, and the new tie Rod ends have taken away lots of resistance in the steering. The old ones were seized solid so the steering wheel felt like it was fighting you.
Last night I started working on repairing a wiring harness for my bro-laws atv. The harness is partially melted, the ground wires mainly, thinking either there’s a short in the harness or the voltage regulator is pooched.
Just before lunch my neighbour asked me to look at a gas pressure washer that he can’t get started this year. In my initial quick look, I’ve found that The pressure washer is “stuck on”, the wand trigger is irrelevant currently. Im assuming there’s a stuck valve somewhere. Hoping it’s a quick fix for Dave.
I’m quite ready to hit the beach and/or do some camping. But unless I’m camping in the shop, it may not happen till Fall or next year 😒
Over the weekend i got about halfway through my oil pan conversion task. As always, some unexpected slow downs showed up. Long story short, I need to replace my rear main seal before I put the new pan on, but I must take the motor off the rotisserie (and onto the hoist) to replace the rear main seal. It was such a pain in the ass to get onto the rotisserie that I don’t want to put it back on after.
While still stationary, I swapped the new engine mounts on, pulled the old exhaust manifold off and test fit the LCE Header. I must tweak the EGR tube slightly as the pitch is just too wide to fully bolt in. Gonna use a torch to warm the egr tube while I tighten the header nuts in place to narrow the pitch a bit. Gonna grab a yellow bottle of Map gas to expedite the process.Last week I got my repaired gas tank back, primed and clear coated the underside then bolted it all back in. Finally crossed off the list.
Got my oil pan conversion kit from the post office this morning, only $42 of customs fees! I’m excited because i was expecting +$100 in fees. Marlin Crawler usually costs me $100-200 in fees for smaller orders than this oil pan.
Anyways, I may get to play in the shop tonight after the kids asleep. Looking forward to what $850 of oil pan and conversion bits looks like.
Think I’ve sold the headlights off the donor for $100, buyer is “on their way” currently, but we’ll wait and see.
The Shop has been slow lately, mostly waiting on parts.
Last night I replaced the rear tube again, making sure not to repeat my previous errors. I was able to complete the task start to finish in under an hour, pretty impressed with myself. Rode into work today, gonna detour some backroads on my way home.
On the weekend I repaired and tuned-up a pair of push mowers for a coworker, putting a few dollars in my pocket. Carbs were dirty, and throttle springs were stretched/ineffective. Quick work for a saturday morning.
Hoping to change gears back to Redee soon, waiting on the postman still.
So my 3rd RockAuto engine mount arrived and looks as shitty as the one I was hoping to obsolete. I sent a refund complaint for two of 3 engine mounts to RA stating that it appears “incomplete”, and within 2-hours they replied and issued a refund. They said they dont want the parts back either. So I have 3 mounts for the price of 1. Guess I’ll just use the matching pair of “incomplete” mounts.
I ordered the oil pan conversion on apr 22nd, the company accepted my money, but has yet to finish processing my order. Not very efficient there, so I guess it has balanced out RA’s super efficiency.
Called and talked to a local welder, he said to bring the tank over and he’ll see what he can do.
Ordered a replacement engine mount because one of my rockauto units that arrived. It appears to be out of process, appears “unfinished” as compared to its supposedly matching brother.
I also touched up a few spots with seam sealer where light shine through after drying.
I think tonight I’ll aim to replace the speedo drive cable, while I wait for the oil pan conversion parts to arrive.
Oh buddy that’s a lot to consider, at quite the cross roads. Looks like the new-er work truck is #1, and decide what can be done for recreation afterwards.
Perhaps get the HD you need for work, build a BIG trailer to haul atvs/lil teailer and toys to where you can offload and continue down harder trails.
Is there something you’d like to wheel that can be bought/built for less than what you hope to get for the Taco? I don’t know what Side x Sides are worth, but they’re a rabbit hole of their own.
I just crossed over 10-years with the Taco, 1/2 of that being paid off. I will not start payments over till I absolutely must, hoping for another 10+ years.
Progress has been sporadic at best, been busy last couple weeks.
On Friday night I put seam sealer down on the floor around the edges of my patch panels mainly to fill the pin holes and self-tapper holes I couldn’t fill with the welder.Yesterday I made another big purchase, buying all the parts required to convert my 3RZ to have a rear oil sump. This uses all OEM parts, so it was stupid expensive, but the motor wouldn’t (technically still doesn’t) fit around all the steering linkages. This rear sump pan should do the job.
This week I’m gonna see if I can get the gas tank repaired for a few bucks, rather than replaced for about $300.
My replacement tubes arrived early (love buying from Fortnine), so I threw a new rear in last night, paying explicit attention to do it correctly this time. I also made damn sure that my knuckles didn’t lose another fight to the rear sprocket. 3 got properly busted up on Sunday breaking the bead.
Just gotta wait for the weather to turn again. Perhaps tonight I’ll pull the front apart and double check before then.
