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    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    Thanks guys: Worked like a charm and came right out

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    Brakes, bearings and sprocket all look good so I don't think I will replace any of them except maybe the bearings:

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    Wasn't planning on doing all this to this bike but since the engine is out and I am waiting on the piston, I figured that I would clean up the parts and paint the frame. "IF" I can get the engine back together and timed right and all, this will end up being a good bike.

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    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    Update:

    I've finally got everything torn down and the frame primed yesterday. Hopefully get it painted today, let it cure overnight and start putting stuff back together tomorrow.

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    I've got rims and some other things painted and ready to be put back to use:

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    And finally cleaning plastics. I found through trial and error that the wheel pictured works best to start on these plastics. Just as step one followed by a ton of sanding and buffing.

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    And this picture is for Barnboy:

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    I am waiting on the piston to get here from sledpartsguy on ebay. I found a guy who has a machine shop but he really doesn't work on stuff anymore. I asked him if he had the equipment and know how to bore an atv cylinder for me and he acted like he didn't want to. He asked me what kind of ATV and I told him it was a three wheeler and he got super excited and said "Yes!! I used to do those all the time! I am looking forward to it!"

    I thought that was pretty cool!

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    Started putting it back together today. Coming along nicely:

    I think I have the front bearings figured out on re-install. cylinder is being bored by a super cool guy who asked me to find him a 90-said he had one with og tires back in the day. He was excited that I was into three-wheelers and was happy to help me with the project.

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    Looking good Patriot1
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    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    Real Factual News Update:

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    Soulshine is better than Moonshine

    Everything is going back together nicely! I am taking the time to clean and polish everything before I put it back on, Still need to hit the axle one more time (at least)

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    Taped over and saved this because I think these are cool. Somehow at least 4-5 of my bikes have them:

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    Question of the day: Underside of forks has 7/14 stamped in it. Why?

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    Bad news of the day:

    Man who is boring my cylinder called today and said that it has a rust pit that he can feel about halfway up (where the piston was stuck). I accidentally bought a .30 over a piston instead of a .10 over like I should have normally done for first bore but it was still not enough. I had to buy another bigger piston. If anyone has a cylinder that hasn't been bored or bored .30 over-let me know.

    Still sanding on the front fender. I have successfully mounted two of the three tires on the split rims-I was worried they would leak but so far-so good.

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    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    Nothing exciting-just small progress:

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    Still waiting on new piston to get here-It'll be Tuesday at the earliest and snow might prevent me from getting it to the machine shop-we'll see.

    I totally messed up on front fender. Deep scratches for too course paper. Lesson learned-won't happen again. Although not perfect by any means, I am happy with how the rears plastics are coming along.:

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    Needing a headlight and pulse generator if anybody has one-pm me. Thanks guys

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    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    Slowly but surely:

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    Got the engine in last night and carb rebuilt and installed today. We'll see if it'll run this weekend. Hopefully Sinatra will sing again!

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    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    So... I got the engine in, carb clean, gas to it and pulled the cord and nothing at all. I couldnt even get it to hit with starter fluid. I checked compression-good. I checked for spark-awesome. Fuel, fire and compression and nothing. I phoned a friend and then thought about it for a couple of weeks.

    Got my son to pull me and it ran very strong but extremely rough. I rode for a few minutes and then back to the shop. Pulled the cord and nothing. Hit it with the drill and nothing. It was very hard to pull.

    So I thought some more over the next couple of weeks. I had my son pull me again and I rode it for a few minutes until it died, so we pushed it back into the shop and let it sit and I thought. The new spark plug was heavily coated with black.

    I was inspired by Jim Mac and decided to 'Start over". I made sure of my ground because I had painted the frame. I removed the CDI cover and ....

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    The cam bolt was broken and the pin was sheared...HMMMM? I have no idea?

    So I checked the timing marks and put in another Advancer from a parts bike-second pull and BOO-YAH!!! Sinatra sings again!!! Runs like new money!!! Have to put the rest back together now.

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    That's why we do it! What grit paper worked best for the sun dried fenders?

    Congrats Patriot1

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    85 350x Code Red
    86 250r "Unicorn"
    86 trx250r
    88 Lt250r Suzuki

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    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    Mr C

    Thank you and thanks for the help. I think you should add a "Saturday call from Arkansas" segment to your show!!lol I get the big stuff-it's the little things that slow me down.

    I started with hand sanding (which is for the birds) and then I remembered a headlight kit that my son had and used it on my drill-not a bad job at all. Start at 400 and go up then polish with rubbing compound (because I had some) then some plastix. You might have to do it twice. The more the better.

    This has been a challenge that I thought would be easy, but nothing ever is as simple as it seems on youtube lol.

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    So while I was taking time to think about Sinatra, I would piddle with Dean Martin. Remember the engine was locked up and it looked like this:

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    I freed the engine and put some fire to it and got it to start on starter fluid. So I ordered some tires. Cleaned the tank and cleaned the carb.

    Front brake was locked up so I had to battle that beast and replaced them.

    Starts and runs and rides like brand new!! Changed all the fluids and they all looked clean. Adjusted the valves.

    This is a very very low hour bike that was put away and forgotten about.

    I need to clean it up and put a seat cover on it, but man it's nice. Brakes, lights, everything works.

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    And today we rode!!

    SX (Dean Martin) smokes a little and doesnt have much top end power. Probably needs a top end. Who knows?

    200 (Sinatra) needs carb cleaned, chain guard clips, head light, seat recovered, grips and who knows what else?

    But today we rode!!

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    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    So...this happened today:

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    Kinda proud it turned out as well as it did. Kinda surprised it turned out at all!!!

    More on Sammy later.

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    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    So, in the beginning, I decided to start with the ATC200 because I wanted one to go through all the way and the 81 200 is simple and would not be as involved as say a 250es or sx. The original 200 (Sinatra) is about 95% complete-I need a headlight but I think that I have that worked out. So, I started working on Jessie. (Jessie was not a member of the Rat Pack but I only know of three members of the Rat Pack and Frank and Jessie go together.

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    For Jessie, I found and bought a parts bike to save money. Tires alone would pay for the parts bike:

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    Until the wheels turned out to be switched to 3 hole...So I bought new tires but still have a good parts bike maybe.

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    so the work began. Engine was seized and so I beat the piston out and sent the cylinder to the machine shop guy. It should be done by this weekend. Rims painted and tires mounted. I went with tubes this time. Frame painted and forks disassembled and cleaned. All new bearings:

    Remember the SX? Dean Martin? I've got an update on that one too but can't seem to upload pictures of it.

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    Anyway...Cheers!!!

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    Very cool Patriot, it's nice to see them get saved!

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