Flyinfool

Running lights do not need any type of load resistors or anything else to let them work. It is only the turn signals that need the load resistors to get the flash rate correct. (unless you modify the flasher). So if you think about it, when the turn signal is lit is the only time that the load resistor is pulling power. A turn signal when being used is only on 50% of the time it is being used. It is very rare to ever have a turn signal on for more than 1 minute, the auto cancel tries to turn them off after just 15 seconds. So for turn signals it really does not make any significant power savings to have LEDs vs incandescents, BUT the amount of time the a turn signal is actually illuminated is very small compared to the amount of time that a running light is illuminated. This is where the power savings really are. Especially if you have a LOT of running lights that can be converted to LED. Power saving is not the only reason to have LEDs, A good quality LED is brighter than the incandescent it replaces. The LED turn signal with its instant on and instant off makes it more noticeable than an incandescent of equal brightness. These are both desirable objectives.

Some people just have all of the luck. Another perfectly good snow storm missed us and slid to the south to slap Chicago, and then slid back to the north to get the complainers in NY. Let it SNOW, let it SNOW, let it SNOW!

FWIW Some of the websites that sell both CAN Bus and non CAN Bus LED bulbs also have a warning to NOT use a CAN Bus bulb in a non CAN Bus application. I am not sure why this is, but when they put the warning in bold red letters, it may be worth considering.

As long as you are in there........ Since you already have the computer out, If you ever intend to convert to a HID or LED headlight or LED brake/tail light, Now would be the perfect time to install the jumpers.

First thank your buddy for his service! OH the humanity!!!! First it was Yammer now Kic. What is this world coming to. Next there will be cats and dogs sleeping together. Then there will be Democrats and Republicans agreeing with each other on a regular basis ......... OH MY!!!!!

I sure wish I could help you out. My one experience with an alcoholic did not end well. My first wife passed after her 3rd alcohol induced heart attack. I tried to give her space and support, but the light bulb never went on for her. I pray that you have much better results.

You do not even have to be looking at the grid While reading the instructions I could see dots coming and going even while reading. I also wish you could play with colors other than the background. I wonder if yellow shows the peak of the effect, or if color makes no difference.

I still think it sounds like a ground issue. Ground is the only thing all of those circuits have in common. Run a temporary ground wire from the black wire of the dash connector direct to the battery negative. If that makes a difference then you just need to start going thru and cleaning all of the ground connections till you find the bad one.

Now drop that puppy down off the stand and go for a ride. Ya know you want to.

OK, math time. Our engines are 1300 cc, that is 79 cubic inches. I'll call it 80 just to make the math easier to follow. since we have a 4 stroke engine that means that it can only pull in 40 ci per revolution. If red line is set at 8000 rpm that means that the air intake will be 320,000 cubic inches per minute. Since auto carbs are rated in cfm (cubic feet per minute) you have to divide by 1728 to make the conversion. so 320,000 / 1728 = 185 cfm Now all of that math is ASSUMING 100% volumetric efficiency which you will never see on a normally aspirated engine. With the small diameters and sharp bends in that manifold 75% volumetric efficiency would be a good guess. so 75% of 185 is 138 cfm. A 138 cfm carb is what you would want on top of there. Going to big on the carb will really kill the bottom end and adds nothing to the top end. Now on the other hand, If you add a turbo or super charger, then you can get up over 100% volumetric efficiency and be able to make proper use of a much bigger carb. Even that VW carb might be to big for our little motors. There will be a test later.........

You can never have to many lights. I like those heel rests. Who makes those? I have my pegs adjusted so that I can rest my heel on them.

Trouble, nuttin but trouble. Ya, thats what you are, trouble. Ya just had to bring up water heaters. So I go down into the basement to work in my shop, and there is a small damp spot on the floor. I could not tell where it came from. just a damp spot in the middle of the floor. That was just the very beginning. So I started working on stuff. Had to go up stairs to get something and got side tracked by lunch. When I went back in the basement, the whole floor was wet and water was spraying out the bottom of the water heater. The good thing is that I just happened to be there close to when it blew. My basement does NOT have a floor drain. Water would not drain out till it overflows the sanitary tub. At least when I installed the last heater back in 1983 I put shutoff valves on both the hot and cold lines. I do need to make a run to he hardware store tomorrow morning to get the last part I need to finish the hookup.

Unless you add a blower I don't think you could get enough air thru a 650 to make it work. but then maybe a 390 double pumper.......... and a blower........ sounds like trouble to me. OR if you are going to do all of that work. use a throttle body fuel injection.

At least you are moving north.....

Were you running it at idle, in gear, on the stand? My 1st gen clunks like crazy when run in gear on the center stand at idle. The clunking is the individual power pulses from each time a cylinder fires, and it is racking the backlash in the drive train back and forth. Try either taking it for a ride or using the rear brake to put some load on the drive line so that the gears don't rattle. Don't get carried away and burn up the rear brakes. Even just running the engine at a higher speed to get away from the resonant frequency of the drive line might help.

But there is only 3 fish left in the hole ....... IF they can find them.

Well at least they blurred out your face........

Wuss WHY do you have to wait for it to heat up?

Things will not warm up until we can get Canada to close that drafty door that they left open all winter....... Weatherman said that if Canada does not close the door soon we may see our first summer snowfall. So far June, July and August are the only months that we have not had snow. I for one would like to keep it that way.

If the IT dept is going to keep an unencrypted list of passwords, then what is the point of having a password if others know your password. I worked at a place where IT kept the password list printed out, and hanging on a bulletin board. I finally got them to see the light and eliminate the passwords altogether.

I am sorry to say that Pa passed this morning. There were more complications and he did not have enough strength to pull thru them all. All of his family was with him when he passed.

My thread?????

My Sisters Father in law went into the hospital for heart surgery 2 weeks ago. The good news is that his heart is doing really well. But during the surgery his blood pressure dropped really low and caused his Liver, kidneys, and lungs to shut down. They had to put in a breathing tube and hook him to a machine to breath and full time dialysis. 2 days ago they thought he was doing better and pulled out the breathing tube. His throat was so swollen that it was restricting his breathing, so they had to do a tracheotomy till the swelling went down. The numbers on his liver and kidneys are also improving. While they were doing the MRIs and CAT scans to check out his liver and kidneys they found a thin spot on his colon. They said it will have to be repaired but he is way too weak for surgery right now. Today that his colon burst so they had to do emergency surgery to remove about half of his colon. He made it thru the surgery but they already said he will be in the hospital for a very long time. He needs all of the prayers and well wishes he can get right now. Thank you for helping.

WHY is it that the guy that started this has been allowed to have his membership expire. He should be dragged back in here kicking and screaming........

Or worse, maybe that was not a dog, but his wife.......... Did I just type that out loud......