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    It is really hard to try to get a pic of this area, it's tight and only accessible from below. With mine I had to get longer blots for the muffler mount. Watch your bolt length, to long can hit the rear suspension, to short and the nut will fall off. The stack up is, with the muffler mounted as normal the bolt goes thru a nut that is welded to the frame, so you put the front of the Markland bracket on the end of the muffler bolt that is sticking out of the weld nut, and then put a lock nut on to hold the bracket. For the middle mount that goes up under the saddle bags, I drilled out the 6mm weld nut that is on the crash bar to 1/4 inch. I then made up a spacer out of a piece of galvanized pipe that had an ID to just fit over the drilled out nut. the length of the spacer should be just long enough to fill the space between the plate on the hitch and the plate on the crash bar. I then used a 1/4-20 grade 8 bolt that went from inside of the bag thru the drilled nut, thru the spacer, thru the plate of the hitch thru a grade 8 flat washer and finally a grade 8 lock nut. For the rear mount there are 2 tabs on the chrome part of the hitch. There should be a short flat strap with a hole in each end that goes from this tab to a bracket that attaches to a piece of frame that holds the bumper on. Most people do not remove this bracket when taking the hitch off of another bike. So it is often missing. This is how I modified my Markland hitch http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=52757
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    At least he had a helmet..........
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    As long as the oil you use specifically states that it for use with a wet clutch and/or states that there are no friction modifiers, then the oil can not be your problem. The Mobil Racing 4T 10w-40 does specifically state that it for use in motorcycles with a wet clutch, So I doubt that it is your problem. It is also very common to have the clutch spring die of old age. The original spring is just barely up to the task. You can get a new stronger better spring from Skydoc_17 on this site. He also sells this as a kit with the gasket and a full disc to replace the factory half disk. Once you open it up you can inspect and measure the discs to see if they need replacement. At 43K miles the clutch should not be worn out unless you have had it slipping for a long time already. As long as you have not been letting it slip for to long the clutch is probably still OK. You just need to replace the spring which is an hour job the first time you do one and 20 minutes to a half hour the next time you do it to help some one else out. These times are for if you do it alone, If you have help it may take longer.......
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    Looks like an easy enough fix. Were you able to find the other end of the spring? Would sure hate for it to find a gear........
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    Now that you mention the gearing, I did get my GMC with the numerically highest gear ratio. The choices were 3.43 or 3.73, I have the 3.73, you have to go up to a 3/4 ton to get the 4.10 gears. I had the 3.43 gears in my last truck and it could not get out of its own way and got lousy mileage to boot. If I was towing anything bigger than a trailer that you would put behind a bike, I had forget overdrive and keep it in 3rd gear. Even empty I found that I sometimes got better mileage in third vs overdrive. If I could have ordered my 1/2 ton with 4.10 gears, I would have. I think it would have gotten even better mileage since it would be in a better spot in the power band. Gearing does make a huge difference in many respects.
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    FWIW I have a GMC 1/2 ton P/U 350 gas engine that pulls a 5500-6000 lb RV once or twice a year. I get 17-18 w/o trailer and drop to 12-13 with trailer. Because the truck is a 4x4 it already comes with heavier axles and brakes than the 2wd. I also ordered the HD towing package which includes a bigger radiator, bigger tranny cooler, engine oil cooler, and power steering cooler, plus of course the factory receiver hitch and wiring for a 7 pin connector. I now have 300K on it with no sign of slowing down.
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    If I win the first prize can I exchange it for second. Tunes will work on a 1st gen. Thank you to those that donate goodies for us to squabble over.
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    I went crazy but I don't think I'll ever be back..........
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    You did just get a new chainsaw...............
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    I would go the other way around. In a pinch change the oil and not the filter.
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    Although I have not had to do it. I have read that you pack a filter and tools in your gear. When it is time, stop at wally world and buy the oil and a disposable drain pan.
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    Where did everyone go. It has been awful quiet in chat lately. Do we need to start the naked chat up again?
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    I guess I am in the habit of locking it up. I live in a neighborhood where anything not locked up will be gone quickly. If there is room, it goes in the trunk, otherwise on the helmet lock. If I am in a really nice neighborhood, I might not actually lock the trunk.
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    My GF had it done on both hands about 2 years apart. She did NOT follow docs instructions and now has permanent damage. I do not think it was any fault of the surgery its self. On the other hand, I was diagnosed with borderline needing surgery 20+ years ago. I have been able to manage it to not let it get any worse with a combination of pills and paying attention to how I do things, and needing to wear a wrist brace for a few nights once in a very great while. If you need it to be done, do it, BUT follow ALL of the docs instructions to the letter even though you think some are stupid. Before you go for surgery, learn to take care of your personal needs with either hand.
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    Sounds just like my 1st gen list. Everything on my list is an add, IF I can stop riding it long enough to get it done.
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    While I had my engine guard off to replace the elbow, I ground down the flange, and rounded the edges, so that I would have to bend the bracket farther before it could hit the elbow again. Touched up the bare spots where the chrome was removed with some chrome spray paint to prevent rust, and you will not find what I did unless you are really looking for it. Usually what happens is that when the bike is dropped on the right side, the crash bar will bend back far enough to nick the elbow, and then spring back into its normal position of looking like there is plenty of clearance as soon as you pick the bike back up. BUT that nick will eventually turn into a leak.
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    YUP!! So did we solve the issue yet?
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    Lotto

    Flyinfool replied to Galapagos's topic in Watering Hole

    I think where the cheating part comes in is when the person in charge also gets their own personal ticket. Then there is always the question of whether that person or the group really won. The ONLY way around that is to post all of the groups numbers before the drawing.
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    I thought diesels were supposed to get great mileage??? I'm not here, I really thought they got much better than that and want to know WHY:confused24: My 96 GMC 4x4 ex cab long box with 350 gas and 300K miles on original engine and drive line, still gets 17 - 18 combined mileage, drops to 14 with the 6,000 lb RV behind it. Around here diesel is ~$.60 - $.70 more per gallon. Out of curiosity, how much more does ford charge for a HD decal on the fender?
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    It is possible that you were just reaching the power band for the first time in a long time, these engines like to rev and do not make a lot of power or torque at lower RPMs. You might finally have reached the RPM that she wants to run at and she was rewarding you for it.
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    Most of my list is also applicable to a 2nd gen. Its just harder with a 2nd gen. I still have most of my list from last winter. Between work and the winter that never happened, I kept riding and never got much done. SO I still have to do; Progressive front springs. HO stator and regulator. Install HID driving lights. Find a place for 1,000+ LEDs. 4ga starter wires. Expecting to need a new battery by spring, this one was in the bike when I bought it 5 years ago. More lights on trailer. Better cooler rack for trailer. Louder horns than my 2 Bad Boys. Paint side bag lid. Would like to repaint whole bike. Get rid of all incandescent lights. Clean up lots of wiring. I'm sure there is more that I am not thinking of right now.
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    Have a 2000 Mountaineer. It is an explorer with more bells whistles and leather. It gets about 13-14 MPG with the V8. My full size GMC Xcab, 4x4 long box bigger engine gets 17-18 MPG It has 105K miles and always seem to have something wrong with it. fuel pumps, egr valves, electrical gremlins are constant, usually bad solder joints on PCBs. Every body panel is rusted through. It no longer has an emergency brake because neither the dealer nor aftermarket can get the parts. I guess I never did like ford products.......
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    Road kill can still be delicious....... I got an 8 pointer on opening morning. Some one on the other side of the ridge took a shot at him first, then there was a lot of loud talking as they were looking for blood. They finally pushed the buck past me at Mach 2, but my bullets go mach 3...... the 2 yahoos came over and said thanks for knocking down "their" deer. Nope, there is only one bullet hole in this deer and that is the one I put in it. They never found a drop of blood till the point where I double lunged it. First time I ever had to "discuss" ownership of a deer. He is delicious. But that one is all I got this year 60 -70 heat is not good for hunting deer in WI and upper MI.
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    I have a Poulan Wild thing, It has cut up dozens of trees. Every Poulan anything that I ever had, the carbs were set WAY to lean. Lean on a 2 stroke is starving it for oil and it will die quickly. I have learned to just automatically reset the carbs on all 2 cycle tools, even name brand stuff is often off. Ods are the factory is at a different altitude than you are.
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    Sounds like you should be able to start it up and start wiggling wires till you find the culprit. If you still have the stock fuse panel with glass fuses, that is a well documented problem area. Pull each fuse and check both ends of the fuse clips to be sure they have good tension. There is a kit available from SkyDoc_17 that replaces the whole fuse panel with modern fuses. this fixes many electrical gremlins.
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