What are you doing today? Thread

[atc007]

Electrical woes straightened out. One of the trx's lost spark while swapping handlebars. Switched CDI's, spark went to machine that previously had no spark. Screwed around plugging and unplugging the harness, now the "bad" cdi has spark, and both trx's are running. Has been bugging me for 2 months. Figured it would be a good time for a picture.

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Cazenovia equipment? How many are you milking? 30K tranny in the Deere? I would love to buy that 88 in the middle. Nice property.

[6bt]

Cazenovia equipment? How many are you milking? 30K tranny in the Deere? I would love to buy that 88 in the middle. Nice property.

Nah, I'm about 30 mins from the caz equipment in Nelson. My neighbors were milking around 75 before they sold out last year. They just raise heifers to sell now. Another farmer does all the land now. This is white country, or used to be when white was still popular.

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[redsox]

Tool is a modern day tribute to psychedelics and a higher level of consciousness .......it`s a brilliant work by Maynard ......the artist that did the videos and lights behind stage ......is off the chain .........saw them last year loved it ......did he wear his robocop suit ? .....primal , methodical just a real different approach to a rock show ......i don`t understand why no lights on Maynard ......might be allergic ......i`d go again this year too !

Totally agree Glam. They're such a heavy band. Its real rock with a backbone, but its trippy as hell. Elements of like a jam band also, i guess. So good. So much larger, in that way, than say a metallica show or even staind. Maynard is a modern day Jim Morrison. Yes, he was in full riot gear, but way out back in the dark. So good.

Barnett, I saw Filter play a little club called Pearl Street Station in Northampton MA back in the 90's when I was at UMASS. They had live music every tuesday and Thursday nights. I had a buddy that worked the door and would get me in with a wristband so i could drink. They had a lot of old hardcore bands at the time, like Tree, and SamBlackChurch. Anyway, we saw Filter, who's lead singer was the brother of the guy that played the T-1000 in the terminator. He had just been in a motorcycle crash and played the show shirtless with his entire upper body bandaged up. Very good show. One of the shows I always remember from that time. Small venue. Things would get crazy....

[redsox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFj3vXp3R_M

[3 Wheel Drive]

I just started up this little mini 2 stroke for the first time in possibly decades. The fuel tank is still being cleaned out, there was some serious rusty scabs in the tank.

Anyways I need to adjust the carb, it wont idle unless I hold the throttle open a little bit. I cleaned the carb last night.

This 60cc sounds much like my tri zinger!

https://youtu.be/gR-DcQDCL20

[6bt]

Finally rode this last night. Haven't ridden it in 5 years. Still needs odds and ends..new plastics etc, but at least it's function and not taking up a whole garage bay. New frame, clutch, misc bearings. Frame was bent at an arm mount. Was only supposed to take a month, back in December! Lol

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[knappyfeet]

Working on an 04 E46........installing a new water pump, radiator, expansion tank, etc. A couple of connectors were extremely hard to remove and since I've never worked on this type of setup before.........is there some lube or something I should coat anything with? Silicon grease? Anti freeze? Nothing?

[El Camexican]

Dish soap works great as assembly lube.

[barnett468]

Working on an 04 E46........installing a new water pump, radiator, expansion tank, etc. A couple of connectors were extremely hard to remove and since I've never worked on this type of setup before.........is there some lube or something I should coat anything with? Silicon grease? Anti freeze? Nothing?

Well I can't view most photos on the site because I guess the sites owner thinks I might do something "bad" with them although I can't for the life of me figure out what that might be. Anyway, I do not use silicone on anything except for some spark plug boots because it just seems to get everywhere and it also prevents paint from sticking, and since I do a amount of painting, I can't have that stuff get on other parts. If it is something you want to come apart easily again like a carb in an intake boot, you can use plain grease. I often use old school green or white grease. I just used grease 2 days ago on the intake boots on my Toyota 4runner because it took me 20 minutes to pry them all off and I knew I would be removing them several times over the next few days and it now takes me less than 30 seconds to either remove or reassemble them. WD-40 also works decent or just regular engine oil etc. The liquid soap El Camexican mentioned works for assembly and I use it on some parts, however, my experience with it is that it dries up quickly so the parts can be difficult to remove again but because it tends to loose its lubricating qualities after a short time, it is great to use when installing tires and I have used it for that purpose on some tires since around 1970.


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[jeswinehart]

Margarine (fake butter) is a heck of a good cheap anti seize.

[barnett468]

Margarine (fake butter) is a heck of a good cheap anti seize.

...and your parts will be tasty too!



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[tripledog]

... I Can't Believe It's Not Anti Seize!

[El Camexican]

He's working with rad hoses guys. I don't think anything long term slippery is a good idea. Dish soap or hair spray is the way to go on something you want to seal up.

[knappyfeet]

Ok......I used Joy dish soap.

This one was a complete b!tch-whore to get off......the second pic. After a tiny amount of joy it slide on nicely. Just waiting for the expansion tank then I'm done with this mofo!!

Old cars are easier to work on.

[barnett468]

...b!tch-whore... ...mofo!!

Wow, knappy...tsk, tsk, tsk. Now you will have to be punished!


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