Bubber Posted October 26, 2009 #26 Posted October 26, 2009 I gotta tell ya'll, the gauge set up looks ten times better in person. George replicated the marble look from the dash almost perfectly! I had a few laughs helping him, I don't think I ever saw George so nervous as when he was cutting out that dash panel! I can't wait to see Riderduke start cutting on his bike, there is something about hacking chunks out of perfectly good plastic that makes people cringe. Hopefully, we can get the proper fitting and finish the job this week. Dave George replicated the marble look from the dash almost perfectly! I too was wondering how the paint was duplicate. Care to share the secrets of your excellent adVENTURE? LOL Steve aka Bubber
Hotrod Posted October 26, 2009 #27 Posted October 26, 2009 SleeperHawk, Just wondering if you wouldn't mind enlightening some of the rest of us on how you painted and marbelized the face plate to match the dash.It makes it look like it came that way from the factory.Very nicely done!
Sylvester Posted October 26, 2009 #28 Posted October 26, 2009 All my paint jobs look like that. I just snort the paint with a straw and then sneeze.
hale374 Posted October 26, 2009 #30 Posted October 26, 2009 David, maybe we can talk George into coming up and do your bike and mine at the same time. I'll feed them and you can room them!! lol. George, I'll let you cut my plastic anyday. You did an excellent job.
Sleeperhawk Posted October 26, 2009 #31 Posted October 26, 2009 All my paint jobs look like that. I just snort the paint with a straw and then sneeze. :rotf::rotf: But not quite, felt like I was snorting glue for awhile .:rotf:
Sleeperhawk Posted October 26, 2009 #32 Posted October 26, 2009 SleeperHawk, Just wondering if you wouldn't mind enlightening some of the rest of us on how you painted and marbelized the face plate to match the dash.It makes it look like it came that way from the factory.Very nicely done! First, Ponch sent me the primer version of the strip. Second, bought the 3 cans of spray paint at Autozone, very black but shiny, then the darkest gray they had (shiny), then a can of clearcoat. The rest was Pecker's idea. Sprayed with black, then wet sand with 2000 grit, did this about 4 times. Here is the secret took a Walmart bag, wadded it up tightly, sprayed the gray on the bag, then dabbed the metal plate all over, let it dry, wet sand with 2000, then did all over again. Then sprayed with clearcoat, wet sanded, sprayed again, about 3 times. It is close, but not quite. But I thank all who liked the job I did. Took about a week, the spray paint dries quickly. :cool10:
Wanderer Posted October 26, 2009 #33 Posted October 26, 2009 Paint and glue sniffing. Man, that takes me back......................... to last night .
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted October 29, 2009 Author #34 Posted October 29, 2009 Sleeperhawk got the fitting from Pecker today and this evening after a couple of reruns, got the temp fitting tightened down with NO LEAKS!!! He ran the bike and got the temp up to 205 and the fan kicked on so he knows that the engine did get hot enough. Check out all the guages working like a champ! Sleeperhawk gives very special thanks to Ponch for the parts and instructions (oh, and a couple of phone calls), to Wanderer for helping with the electrical portion, and to Pecker for getting the special fitting in such a short period of time and for grimacing when Sleeperhawk was drilling into the fairing. :bighug:
screamstone Posted October 29, 2009 #35 Posted October 29, 2009 But how do you listen to your casette tapes now??
Sleeperhawk Posted October 29, 2009 #36 Posted October 29, 2009 But how do you listen to your casette tapes now?? Its called XM with the 50 and 60 channels
Squidley Posted October 29, 2009 #37 Posted October 29, 2009 Great Job George For a fella that married a beautiful "Mechanic" your turning out to be a fair maintenance guy yourself
Ponch Posted October 29, 2009 #38 Posted October 29, 2009 Finished.. good job, George. Good looking fitting. I may have to get some of those.
Pecker Posted October 29, 2009 #39 Posted October 29, 2009 Glad to hear it all worked out for ya George. When you called yesterday evening saying it was leaking water, I sure got worried. I guess the plumbers dope did the trick? Anyhow, now that you know what your doing, Who's next? I would be more than happy to supervise the next willing victim... I mean candidate. Dave
Riderduke Posted October 29, 2009 #40 Posted October 29, 2009 Glad to hear it all worked out for ya George. When you called yesterday evening saying it was leaking water, I sure got worried. I guess the plumbers dope did the trick? Anyhow, now that you know what your doing, Who's next? I would be more than happy to supervise the next willing victim... I mean candidate. Dave As soon as I find the right white paint to match my bike I'll be taking a trip down:happy34:
Sleeperhawk Posted October 29, 2009 #41 Posted October 29, 2009 Glad to hear it all worked out for ya George. When you called yesterday evening saying it was leaking water, I sure got worried. I guess the plumbers dope did the trick? Anyhow, now that you know what your doing, Who's next? I would be more than happy to supervise the next willing victim... I mean candidate. Dave Used Oatey Great White Pipe Joint Compound with PTFE. The Teflon Tape was just not sealing well at all with the joint going into the water jacket. First use of the Oatey had a very tiny leak, but still there, then I got to thinking maybe I should let this stuff set a while, so pulled it back out, cleaned and re-doped it again, and let it set for about 1 hour. This stuff is working very well now. Still would like to try the fitting that the business did not have in stock due to the very tight clearance issues both sides and top. But I am happy with the final product. Now I just have to find me an MP3 player , almost as useless as the tape deck. :rotf:
craigatcsi Posted October 30, 2009 #43 Posted October 30, 2009 You guys did a great job!! You could probably make some money doing this for folks that can't / wouldn't do it themself for whatever reason. This is quite and upgrade AND gets rid of the embarassing cassette deck in the process. craigr
Sleeperhawk Posted October 30, 2009 #44 Posted October 30, 2009 if it leaks again , use an 0-ring This fitting does have an oring.
Pecker Posted October 30, 2009 #45 Posted October 30, 2009 if it leaks again , use an 0-ring As George said, it has an o-ring. The problem with the potenttial leak is that the face of the threaded hole isn't machined to seal to an o-ring. Instead of using the industry standard for sealing metric fittings, Yamaha decided to use thread sealer, and lots of it for the water jacket plugs. Really makes the plugs hard to get out of the head. Dave
jlh3rd Posted October 30, 2009 #46 Posted October 30, 2009 yeh...i found that out.....but when the metal washer on my fitting leaked and became distorted....i used an o-ring and that solved my problem.....just relaying what worked for me....and didn't see any comments about his fitting having an o-ring
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