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Do you think that storage box is strong enough to be moved with your gear in it?
I really like that “kitchen slide”, but the rest looks too bulky for my storage needs to be permanently mounted.Yea I’m not bending up those ones, too short and radii too tight. I think I paid $16/per side for the same tube on Redee, so I told Matt we’ll wait till parts come in. Hopefully Monday, that FR pass caliper is really dragging making tons of heat.
I wasn’t sure if chrome fits in with Mad Max, but you may get a killer deal if you ride the Connie up there.
Quite the cozy bunch you’ve got there!!
Finished the epic swingset this morning as the sun was coming up. Girls approved! The dead patch of grass under the swings and base of the slide is already in progress! It’s a pretty fast slide haha.
Last night I was only able to put rear pads in Matt’s 4Runner. I was gunning to get it all done, but we need to order a new hardline that connects directly to the caliper. The old lines have not failed, but are too soft to be removed. I got the pass side to crack loose, but the tube itself started to twist/kink. Had I continued it would have yielded, pinched closed, or simply broken. So I tightened it all back while we wait on OEM parts to arrive. In the meantime I’ll assemble the new calipers with new pins, springs and pads on the workbench.
Truckee will be down for pads and rotors this coming week.
Sam’s Caravan will get its snow tires pulled this week too. Thursday the daytime high will cross the 7 degree threshold, and hopefully stay there this time!!
Cruisin’ kijiji, found a seller with chromed Concours parts.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-motorcycle-other/kitchener-waterloo/1990-kawasaki-concours-chrome/1496577717Got the starter installed with only a little drama.
I complained to the ebay seller because the two bolts to bolt the starter to the engine are just generic bolts, not the knurled type as advertised. Also, only two 1/2mm shims were included, so I ended up making a 2mm shim from scrap steel I had. The ebay seller basically said “We are incapable and unwilling to help you, that’s how we got it from the supplier. Yea so what the picture doesn’t match what we shipped you.” So not too pleased.
Starter is finally in, and works just fine. Now I can pull Redee out the shop to do brake jobs on Truckee and Matts 4Runner. Matt’s first, sometime tomorrow I suppose.
Pergola looks great Steve. I like the many levels of your backyard. Looks like it keeps going uphill, could just be an illusion.
The postman has dropped off the first batch of goodies, a brand new starter for Redee.
Still working on the badass swingset for my girls, I just carried the bulk of it from my warm shop, to the backyard where it’s once again snowing. Thinkin’ I’ve had enough until I can work in the sun tomorrow, even if daytime high is only a miserable -1.
Ordered through Collingwood Toyota OEM oil filters, front brake pads & Rotors for Truckee. Pretty excited for this refresh, my front rotors should have been turned about 20,000km ago, but I cheaped out at the time. Paying for it now with vibrations, reduced braking performance, and crappy pad life. Oh well, parts are all in-stock, just 45 minutes up the road.
I Also ordered OVERSIZED rotors for Matt’s 4Runner. I diagnosed a speed related noise to a sticking caliper, so Matt’s taking the opportunity to use OEM parts to upgrade. The Sport model 4th gen 4Runner are equipped with ever so slightly (20mm overall diameter) larger calipers & rotors as compared to the SR5&Limited models. Naturally, if it’s time to replace a sticky caliper and heat scorched rotor, it’s a fine time to upgrade. We’ll do a full brake fluid flush while we’re at it.
Fun couple days in the shop once Collingwood Toyota, ebay and RockAuto deliveries come through. Two brake jobs and a starter en-route.
In the meantime, I’ll continue building one badass swing-set.
Woah, I literally pulled “Animal Farm” off the book shelf less than an hour ago before I started cooking dinner. All I had time to read was the blurb on Orwell, and the editors notes/comments on the text.
The Connie is lookin’ wicked. Get a gold sharpie to colour match the piping on the seat to the rims.
Impatiently waiting…..
Hard to imagine bike tours, woke up with fresh snow on the ground two days in a row.
My wife and I decided to freeze my bike fund until Covid eases up…. booooo for being responsible…
Getting This starter out was the single most difficult task I’ve performed on Redee. Would rather make new brake lines again haha, and that is saying a lot.
I had to put a new starter into Purple-ee with the 22re in it. I remember it being difficult, but nowhere near impossible. That starter was proper ruined too, right full of swamp water haha.
I ordered a new SBC 3hp mini starter from a Canadian seller on ebay, comes with new bolts and shims and should arrive next week. Gotta anti-seize the shit out of these starter bolts, don’t know if I have the patience to cut another set out. A shame Redee can’t be bump started like a real truck 😉
I called two Toyota dealerships today and tried to order OEM oil filters, brake pads and rotors for the Taco today, but no dealership is open. Gotta call on Monday 13th when they open for “emergency service and sales” as per their automated message.
I agree with you on that. Not enough space to keep everything cool, or at least not crammed together. Starter shouldn’t be touching exhaust, trans shouldn’t be load bearing to the floor pans.
STOP THE MONKEY FLIPPIN’ CLOCK!! The old starter is finally out, 3-days later.
When we last left, one bolt was out.
The second required a little more coaxing from my angle grinder, then reciprocating saw. Yea, I wedged a sawzall between the frame, engine, trans, trans and fuel lines to cut that last fucker out.
No damage to anything except the starter. Rebuilding it is no longer an option ahaha
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Two bolts. Two freakin’ bolts hold the starter to the block, figured I coulda finished in one day. Not the case.
The outboard bolt could be turned about 1/4 at a time with a 9/16” wrench. Once un-threaded, the bolt bottomed on a body mount before it cleared the body mount, so it had to get cut into 4 pieces to come out. That was the easy bolt.
Still working on the inboard bolt. It would turn 1/16 rev at a time, until it stopped. Working with cutting tools now.
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