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GOOD ?'s my brother!! The AR10 lower is pretty much a completely different varmint as, amoung other things, its magazine well is HUGE compared to the AR15 magwell. The AR15 lower in it's competed state (trigger group, stock) is one of the most versatile known to man,, IMHO of course. While the AR10 lower receiver does have a pretty good barrel/caliber selectabilty without having to go wildcating (22/250, 7 mag, 06,,, AR10? Ohhh yeahh) , the AR15 lower to upper compatibility and choice of "builds" is actually amazing. As I am sure you know, because the 556 is actually a 22 caliber - I did a drop in BCG (Bolt Carrier Group) 22LR with no barrel/upper swap, when you hear someone say they are shooting an "AR47" they are referring to and AR15 with a 7.62x39 (famous AK47 round) barrel that they swapped out into the upper receiver OR they just grabbed a x39 complete upper with the matching BCG and snapped it on a regular mil spec AR15 complete - unaltered lower receiver which is what I did above. The AR47 magazines are drop in ready (and cheap!!) and plentiful with no adapters or machining reguired on the AR15 lower to accept them. The AR47 is gas operated just like the 556 but, obviously it does take a totally different Bolt Carrier Group. You may see me do an AR9 in the near future as I find cheap auction parts to build with like I did with the AR47. Same thing here Sly in that the "AR9" refers to a 9mm barrel swap or a complete upper with a 9mm BCG. The 9 is a blow back shooter (just like your ol LEO 9's) so the gas block on the BCG will be "fake" and just be blocked off - .45 ACP, 40 smith, 357, 17 HMR and on and on same thing. All of those require magwell adapters to adjust to the smaller caliber mags but the AK47 does NOT. The Standard "AK" mags (nor SKS MAGS) will not work in the AR15 lower though,, they gotta be AR47 - AR15 mags. 300 Black out, 224 Valkerie and the like can all sit on AR15 lowers too. One of the things to be sure and look ahead about when talking putting together one of these puppies, again - IMHO, is hi cap mag availability.. Having always been on those lop eared belt feed kind of varmints and never in million years being able to afford being able to own (and shoot) a real deal water cooled belt feeder,, I gotta have Drum Feed availability for my AR's or I lose interest in em... I even did advance research on my AR12 (12 gauge shotgun - THANG IS AWESOME FUN) into drum feed for it before I went that route. There are plenty of AK platform 12 gauges that already had a drum feed for em but the AR platform did not so I was hesitant.. A couple phone calls and I found out that the manufacture was planning on releasing the drum feed this year and so was ProMag. I just notice they were not kidding,, ProMags is out now.. With the AR9 a person can find Glock adapters fairly easy (not cheap though, about 60 bucks) that opens a WHOLE magic world of being able to use GLock mags which,, WOWZY WOW WOW,,, WAYYYY COOL LITTLE HI CAP DRUM FEEDERS :dancefool: There I go,, gettin :Im not listening to,,,, any of that nonsense answer what you were wondering about brother:big-grin-emoticon:

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW ,, now THAT is SLICK Tuffy,,, wayyyyyyyyy cool :cool10::cool10: I love the design! Being a lop eared simple minded varmint like myself, I am sure it would not be to hard for anyone to understand my glee in seeing the advantage of easy peasy instant change from fitting big hands to small hands in a matter of seconds and right out in the field!! I REALLY like your new shooter brother = NICE:happy34:

IMHO, Fool is a true blue, genuine "BUILDER" while many of us, myself included, in taking parts and pieces and putting a shooter together are "ASSEMBLERS".. I went thru that discussion many times over the years when attending the Sturgis Rally and yakking with other builder and assemblers there concerning Choppers. When the Chopper craze hit and the flood of Cookie Cutters hit the market - "Assemblers" became numerous and "Builders" became very scarce.. I HIGHLY commend that lop eared White Washin varmint @Flyinfool for his building endeavor and share in the joy he speaks of in putting the time in (and I KNOW building anything can be time consuming). WAYYY COOL FOOL!! On the other hand though,, for those of us who are retired, have no longer got the use of worn out ol hands (and minds in some cases), have sold off machinery needed to make chips or tig up a mount but our lead tossing days are still not done ,, turning into an ASSEMBLER can be fun too .. A perfect example,,, this is what I would rate really simple assembly.. PSA recently ran a sale on their complete uppers (if you wanna keep it as simple as possible when assembling an AR,, make sure the Upper you purchase comes with the Charge Handle and the Bolt Carrier Group).. PSA's lowers were on sale a couple months back for CHEAP. Fold the hammer back on the reciever so it's in the Cocked position, flip the safety to ON, push the two receiver pins over to allow the upper in, drop the upper into the forward pivot pin location and push the pin in, pivot the upper into alignment with the buffer and push in the rear pin. Slide in a magazine and WHALA,, instant AR47.. ***Probably a good idea to take a stroll down Hickock45's AR15 cleaning vids if your gonna shoot one of these puppies though,, IMHO of course

Bum, I'd get the same grief from Tippy about Carl but I keep my Carl secret from her... That way BOTH us lop eared varmints (Carl n I) stay out of trouble and remain nice guys in her eyes

Know what cha mean Patch and that @YamaMama has ALWAYS been, and will for ever more be = THE VR Chat Anchor,,,, Anchor Peggy - The Boss With The Whip

Back at cha Cha - you are more than welcome brother glad to help! Indeed that E-6000 is some pretty cool stuff, glad you tried it and found it to be just as entertaining and useful as it has been around this joint!! Another really good product that I have used for many years is Seal-All = comes in a Yellow tube and available every where too. It doesnt stay soft and pliable bike E-6000 but it is DEFINITELY awesome patching and sealing stuff. I used it to patch a 2 inch hole in tranny case on one of my race bikes that had its chain come off during a weekend Enduro and that went thru the case and left a whole in the tranny big enough I could have almost swapped out 1st gear without opening the case. I cleaned the spot up real well with sand paper and brake cleaner, built a patch out of gum wrappers and Seal All, stuck the patch on in the evening and was back to racing the next day!!! Sold the bike a year later and that patch was still intact and working fine.. It ugly but the guy that bought the bike was VERY impressed with how the seal all had held up!! I also use to line rusty tanks with seal all - just buy several tubes, cut it with a quart of acetone to thin the seal all, shake nut and bolts in the tank to knock out the big stuff, rinse the tank with acetone and dump in the Seal All mix.. Didnt work as well as Red Kote but, IMHO worked better then the Cream Kits that were available back in the day.. Got me again talkin bikes Cha

Yeah but out of all the lop eared VR huggin varmints,,, everyone clearly knows who the King of Huggers is:stirthepot:!!!

Ya mighta read something betwix the lines that I didnt intend there brother,, I was definitely not in any way shape form or matter saying there was anything wrong with chat room verses posting = matter of fact,, they go hand in hand IMHO.. Many of us used to spend HOURS bouncing between the chat room and the home site = carry on a steady conversation in the chat room and post in the home site at the Water Hole at the same time = back and forth,, back and forth!! Grab a piece of Mama's pizza,, down a couple of Flyinfools Rum Balls, chug a drink of BJ's South Dakota fixure upper, laugh at Dan and Rbig going back and forth about which is faster the 1st or 2nd Gens and then jump back in the Water Hole and spew the dust off the fresh baked bread with your laughter as your trying to type a response to DragonSlayer or DragonRider or Carbon One or FlyDay or CMCoffey or BlackOwl or Bubber or who ever back at the Hole... Nope,, definitely NOTHING wrong that I see either way Patch!! The "Machine Gun chit" can be found in the chat room sounds.. Scoot back over there,, click on the little speaker icon in the chat room, scroll down to "AK47", click on AK47 and YOU will all of a sudden get the jist of the chat room machine gun = IT IS AWESOME AND A LOT OF FUN IF YOU LEARN TO USE IT AT JUST THE RIGHT MOMENT!! All most as much fun as "The Whip",,,,,,,,, almost:missingtooth:

,, I clicked on Mama's thread here thinking we were gonna replace the "WHY" thread with a "HOW COME" thread On a more serious note @Yama_Mama, IMHO, there may be several competing reasons for How Come. The Water Hole is no where near as lively as it used to be. It is amazing how a large portion of our membership of yesteryear was/is, no offence to anyone - this is just another Puc IMHO, of the same age and many of us are retiring into new phases as our tired out, hurting ol bod's are not quite as conducive to straddling a scoot for 16 hours a day on a touring bike as we used to - we done got puckered out. More then one of our geez,, I mean youthful elderly varmints have left for new adventures, some are still members but just not active while others have actually let their club memberships lapse. Others got involved in our Face Book branch (is that how ya say that? Is a branch? Division?) and tend to hang out on Face Book instead of at the edge of the Water Hole = I am a slowwwwww learner and just getting started in figuring out Face Book myself and am finding out how/why this could happen.. I now have a regular dayly consistent input into my Face Book page post area where I am getting daily input from friends and family I have not heard from in years. With only 24hrs a day like anyone else, I would predict that my VR Water Hole time will become scarcer too as I get more and more involved with the Face branch = basically just not time to do it all.. Then there is the hardest, saddest situation of all in answer to your question.. When Dan died, for some reason it occurred to me how many of our older original members we had lost thru time.. I know,, kinda morbid and hard to think about but Sister I gotta tell ya,,, that one took me hard.. Remembering the days gone by where you would cook for 10 or 20 of us members as we yakked the night away in chat and then whip us into shape to keep us from getting into trouble when our bellies were filled with everything from PERFECT PIZZA to amazing Ham Sandwitches and even Hot Dogs once in a while.. Not sure what it will take to draw in new blood and restart the old chat days but I do understand your asking "How Come".. Maybe some of the new members will relight the old chat room and discover some things we left behind.. If you are one of those new members who are reading this and thinking about it,, PLEASE be careful if you pick up the machine gun in the corner = I think I was the last one to pull the trigger on it and I left its magazine half full and one in the chamber

Yep,, I'd advise you to call Rick's and not listen to the advice that follows Cha but I am still gonna give ya my opinion cause I love ya and I LOVE chattin scoots. IMHO, the stator is a 3 phase stator no matter which vendor you buy from. The stock OEM stators on the MK1 1st Gens came with 3 white wires as stator output wires, that said, I would treat the three yellow wires from the stator in the same way as the OEM white wires. You could take an ohm meter and check your ol buddies advice by doing a normal stator wire ohm check = set your meter to 2k ohms or there abouts, attach one lead to a yellow and the other lead to another yellow and get a resistance reading. Now jumper to the other yellow with the other lead = should ohm out the same as the first. Jump from one set to the other testing all against each other = should all be pretty close to same resistance. Now check each yellow to ground = should show open. This clearly verifys stator is good and should also make it clear in your mind that it makes no difference which yellow goes where, just attach one to the terminal in place of an existing stator wire at the terminal. On the Rectifier, I would only be guessing but my gues s is they are gonna tell you Red to Red making no difference which one gets to which red terminal and Green to Black, same thing as the reds = makes no difference.. Look carefully at the wires though and make sure there is not a real fine line of additional color coding on them to specify its purpose... Now call those guys and see how close your ol lop eared VR riding varmint brother was on this one and PLEASE let me know

:sign yeah that::sign yeah that: IMHO, it sounds to me too like you are experiencing a starving of fuel condition, very possibly partially plugged jets.. Again,, and understand your getting this from a backyard mechanics pea brain, if you were experiencing a "fat on fuel" condition the symptoms would be the other way around. If it were my bike I would pull the diaphrams and slides, drain the bowls and then refill the bowls with carb cleaner (spray type found at any Auto shop) using a syringe and I would, one at a time, fill the carbs until the carb cleaner flowed out of the emusion tubes that the metering rods on the end of the slides slide into. Once the carb cleaner flows from the emulsion tube on each carb, close the drains and let it sit over night (keep the bike standing as upright as possible - I know the 2nd Gens do not have a center stand like my 1st Gens do which work great for this but maybe placing a board under the side stand getting the as close to standing upright would work in your case unless you have a bike jack you could leave it on? Next day, hook the syringe back up to one drain at a time, open the drain and pull the cleaner back into the syringe emptying the bowls, look at the carb cleaner, if nasty or discolored, refill syringe with fresh cleaner and repeat. Repeat until all your getting is clear cleaner back into the syringe. Once its clear, force the cleaner back in and pump the syringe to agitate the cleaner in the bowl and then remove with the syringe one more time. Dump the cleaner and refill with good fresh gas and fill the bowls until the gas trickles from the main jets/emulsion tubes. Once all carbs are done put the slides back in, line up the diaphrams, make sure you get the springs back in the caps correctly and put the screws in. Hit starter with no choke and it should start right up on all four. You may have to give it some throttle to get it to clean out. :sign **** happens:Depending on how it was stored you may want to check your tank for rust, personally I would just check it. If the tank is rusted and you have a plugged fuel filter or petcock screen or, if the carbs are so far gone they need to be taken down and have a full cleaning, that will be much more involved but still VERY doable.. Hope this helps somehow! Puc

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW Tuffy = NICE!!!!! Noticing it came with a variety of grip sleeves for personalizing to your hand? Are those slide on/slide off or does the grip gotta come apart to tune to your hand? What mags does it use and are they double stackers to create hi cap? Either way, that is a slick looking shooter,, cant wait to hear your full report my friend!!

Boy I don't know Sky,, my experience with those contacts in the fuel pump has been one of when they fail - the clicking stops all together as its actually the contacts that are making er click.. I'd check and make sure I had a full tank of fuel, the tank vent was open and the filter wasnt plugged before I went diggin into the pump.. You aint got a rusty tank do you? After checking those, maybe pull the outlet line off the pump and cycle the pump with the kill switch while watching/checking flow and listening for the contacts working

Well your better half is wayyyy more forgiving that Tip is Sly... wait a second,, take that back,,, I think Tip would be okay with the same as yours but would probably accept the youngen doing all the labor and then kick me out.. Then Tip could live out her life never having to do another dish washin or none of that stuff and spend her time traveling down to play with the Grandkids ... That Tip is always plotting something

and the performance parts for those 350's are a LOT easier to find and way more variety of such... Probably the most versatile V-8 ever built,, TOUGH TOO!! Years ago I was looking at Crate engines for a van and WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,, was I SHOCKED at the difference in price, and build selection between the 350's and anything else out there...

Ratsssssssssssssssssss!! I was REALLY looking forward to cruisin to Leatherby's Ice Cream in that thang Jack! Just thinking of all those cute little 22 year old girls staring at us handsome varmints stepping out of that puppy as we walk inside to enjoy yet another great big scrumdatious bowl of Butter Nut Oh well,, skip the Hot Rod ,, skip those young females (Tip would NEVER stand for me bringing one home anyway and you dont need the headaches anyway brother) and just go for the ice cream

I got a close friend (HD Rider) who swears by Full Synthetic bike oils gave me a full sythetic oil change for one of my 1st Gens a good while back.. Noticing I was suppose to be able to go to 10000 miles before swapping oils (I am fairly old school, I like to swap out the oil in bike when I see it getting dirty when viewed thru the site glass so I wondered how that was gonna work anyway) I went for it and set out on yet another test adventure. Using the stuff, I didnt notice any real change in tranny feel, no major notchin goin on or nothing like that but I did notice right away that the bikes normal oil leaks became a little more substantial.. I turned back to my 2 dollar a quart Dollar Store Deisel oil buying trend shortly there after cause there was no way on God's green earth I was gonna get stuck in some far off land looking for a particular brand/breed of Full Synthetic when my beat up ol $300 scoot had puked a bunched of oil and have to pay almost as much to refill the crankcase as I did for the bike itself I did keep, and am still using, the LED headlight he gave me though.. Now THAT thing is AWESOME!!!

So now the big question I just gotta ask ya Condor, can you legally use those hi cap mags in the field without worrying about west coast Socialist coppin (pun intended) an attitude and :mugshot:ing ya? What fun is owning em iffen ya cant use em?? If it's one of those things where if you can prove they were purchased during the pre-ban but are not mailable into Commifornia,, perhaps I could just give em the receipts and the mags when they come to Michigan for my other daughters wedding in June and then hand carry them home with the paperwork in their possession to show the Gestapo if they need it... The plot thickens Puc

:95:I REALLY hate to see you go brother but I do totally get it,, times change and so do interests.. I wanna say THANK YOU my friend for ALL the great advice and super posts you have made around this joint thru the years = don't EVER think your contributions to the club have gone unnoticed Carl = YOU and your consistent knowledge of scoots and profound way of bringing discussions about bike issues back to reality are second to none - THANKS CARL!! It wasn't very long ago that Tip and I were in exactly the same set of shoes, sold the shop, sold a lot of the inventory (did bring a few scoots with us to our new home though,, a cherry pick you would say).. The only difference is we moved from our home secluded (5 miles of gravel roads) acreage where our kids could be kids into our house (with a full basement ) in town to be closer to hospitals, stores, resturants, the Lake and so on = exactly backwards of what your talking BUT I do get the need for change.. My money is on, no matter what/where/when/how you folks end up and where ever you end up,, you will thouroughly enjoy the life in front of you!!! Therein lies my thoughts and prayers for you folks brother!! By the way,, any chance your into flying airplanes? I just went and looked at an old 4 wheel drive pickup (Tip and I are now into shooting pretty heavy, building a rolling shooting center to be able to traverse the miles and miles of State Land two tracks in a built for purpose shooting machine ) that a guy had not to far from us. He has a BUNCH of acreage with a lake on it and a private air strip (been a crop duster for years). He and his wife are going to be selling out in the near future and moving into town.. It's not listed yet, can hook ya up if you want:big-grin-emoticon:!! Of course,, knowing how us geezers handle snow drifts,, you folks are probably thinking warm climate,, if it weren't for that little grandson of ours having great plans for him and his grandpa = Tip and I would be following ya if thats what your up to By the way,,, if your staying in Michigan and gonna do the walk out basement routine,, be sure to check for sump pumps,, they do come in handy come spring thaw!

I know you two varmints are talking the 2nd gen lingo here but just an FYI for 1st Gen riders on this same scenario.. You too should be carrying a length of gas line in your maintenance department for just this occasion. If a fuel pump failure happens to you out in the boonies you can pull the right side cover, bypass the one way valve on the tank vent, attach the extra gas line to the vent line leading up to the tank and blow enough pressure into the tank with your mouth (just make sure you have a long enough piece of xtra fuel line to go from the vent line to your mouth when sitting on the bike so you dont have to be bent over the side of the bike while your trying to ride thru the pucker brush ) to push fuel thru the pump and into the carbs.. IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry @VentureFar,,, I don't know nuttin about the 2nd Gens but I am sure Bongo will fill us in on that!!!!

Well thats a heck of a note Condor!! I ordered and received two :95:30 rounders for my Sacramento daughters and my son-in-laws 10/22's that I was gonna ship to them as a Welcome Back To A Free America gift !! Oh well,,, looks like I may have to make some lemonade again (you know brother,, when life deals ya lemons.....) and now go searching for a good deal on a Ruger 10/22 just so I can use the mags here in Michigan ...

Very sorry to read but PRAYERS UP FOR YOOPER!!!!! With God,, ALL things are possible Yoop = YOU are on the prayer list brother!!!!! THANKS @Morev4 and @Prairiehammer for letting us know!! Up to this point I have not been much of a Face Booker but my son has been working with me in Face Book orientation and we are making headway. Pretty cool really,, wont be long and you VR facebookers will be hearing more from this ol geezer (as well as tormenting my kids on there ...

Heyyyyyy,, look what da cat dragged in (that's American for GREAT TO HEAR FROM YA ANNIE!!!!! )!! Wassup Sister!! GREAT to hear you two lop eared varmints from down under in the Land of Oz are coming back to the States. Any chance you may make MD at Dons? Tip, and I would LOVE to see you two and there is good chance we will be able to make it this year (between criss crossing the country for my daughters wedding stuff)!! Tweeks donated her Aussie Sticker to her sister Tweeksis when we retired the ol gal a while back and its still seeing America!! Matter of fact, had er out for few hours today (first ride of the season, still snow in the ditches here) and a guy a gas station asked about that sticker so I got to mention you folks = it's still workin Annie Sorry to hear about the PTSD and other stuff your dealing with,, thoughts and Prayers Up Annie! Hoping all your plans for the summer end up being nothing but filled with GREAT TIMES AND AWESOME ADVENTURE my friend!! to both you and Quickstep!! Puc

Buy it @Condor and I'll go cruisen the strip with ya next time Tip and I are in town!!!