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  1. Flyinfool
    I have never seen a bike with the throttle on the left. Now I know I don't want no 2nd gen.......
  2. Flyinfool
    Here is the install thread from when I put HID on my '88. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=45603
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    Cool, Now I might have to look into this further. NO!!!! Yes!! Pete WHO??????
  4. Flyinfool
    Do you have a hitch on the bike now? Pics? If you had something like the markland hitch yo could just drill a new hole in the platform. My biggest concern would be the additional side load wanting to make the whole rig pull to the right.
  5. Flyinfool
    Is it possible to ever have "enough" tools?????
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    Yup, I think I would have pull up next to her car and showed her was exhaust is. Or at least rolled up my window and showed her what exhaust is. But I would NOT have let her go off on my child like she was. As soon as she got in the face of a child I would have been justified in separating her from my child by what ever force was necessary.
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    The cause is age. When you learn how to stop the aging process, PLEASE let me know.....
  8. Flyinfool
    Taking the chimney down will be the easy part. It will leave hole in the walls of 6 rooms, plus of course the floors and ceilings that it goes thru. It will need to come down in steps. First is to get it below the roof line and into the attic for the new roof. Then it will come down to a level that is just far enough below the second floors floor to do the patching of the floor, patching of 2 bedroom walls and the hallway wall and ceiling. Third step will be in another few years when I am ready to remodel the kitchen this will also leave hole in the wall of the living room, kitchen, and a bedroom plus of course the floor and ceiling. I think you guys are right, this is starting to sound like a LOT of work.....
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    One of 3 things causes this, dirty wire as mentioned, to small of a soldering iron, or two high of a temperature. When soldering wires (or any joint) if it takes more than 2 or 3 seconds to heat the wire hot enough to melt the solder then the iron is to small. with to small of an iron the wire is able to carry the heat away faster than the iron can generate heat, this will cause the wire to carry heat up into the insulation causing it to melt long before the wire gets hot enough to melt solder. When soldering NEVER use the iron to melt the solder, use the iron to heat both parts of the joint and then touch the solder to the joint so the the wires melt the solder. For most of us the Radio shack soldering iron that is 15W / 30W is fine, use 15W on circuit boards and 30W for wires up to 16AWG, use your gun for 14AWG and bigger. I must have at least 10 different soldering devices to choose from to have the perfect tool for the job.
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    There are so many things that are not done right in the rest of the house that there is every possibility the the chimney is a very non standard installation. From what I can see from the basement it looks like there is a 1 to 2 inch clearance between the joists and the chimney, but the floor boards run right up tight to the chimney. same thing when I look down from the attic, there is framing for clearance around the chimney but the plaster and lath run up tight to the chimney. There is no access to see what was done where the chimney goes through from the first to the second floor without tearing out floor and/or ceiling. The second floor flooring goes tight up to the chimney and the first floor plaster lath goes tight to the chimney. There is no structure around the chimney at all, it is just plaster right onto the brick and blended into the walls and ceilings.
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    I am very glad to have it confirmed that I am a pervert with a clear mind.
  12. Flyinfool
    I have a dealer just a few miles away from me. May have to check it out. I wonder how much 12V power is available for accessories.
  13. Flyinfool
    It is a common leak and is not at all related to the whine. It is common for some of the O-rings that seal the plumbing of the coolant system. When it gets cold the metal parts shrink and the old dried out o-rings can no longer follow. The most common one is also the cheapest and easiest to fix. It is the drain valve that is just below the radiator centered on the bike. There are a number of posts detailing how to fix this.
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    Tire mix up

    Flyinfool replied to Dave3's topic in Watering Hole

    Did you get to ride pillion on the back of a nice sport bike for the ride home?????
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    I tried both looking up from the bottom and down from the top. No luck either way. On the second floor the Chimney makes a jog from 2 feet off the center of the basement to centered when it comes out the roof. On the second floor there are no studded walls around the chimney, it is set flush to the inside of one of the bedrooms and the plaster runs from the lath right on to the chimney bricks to make a flat wall. The other 3 sides are in the hallway and it is just plaster over the brick. my biggest concern is the floor of the second floor. there is about a 1 inch bulge in the floor all around the chimney where it looks like the house settled and the chimney did not so the floor got raised up. the ceilings on both the first and second floor are plastered right to the plaster that is on the bricks. I guess I will have to do some disassemble to see what I can find. Whether I can take the whole thing down or not, I will still drop it below the roof. Jeff; The neighbors still launch fireworks all the time, they just keep missing me and are not using military grade stuff.
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    I hate to say it but you have just opened a can of worms for yourself. Most likely since you took the line off of the left front, you now have air in the front left and if you read all of the threads about how to bleed it, you will see that it is a PITA to do. But then if you believe in the silver lining theory, this is a great opportunity to flush out the old brake fluid and get it all replaced with fresh fluid.
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    I checked Digi-Key, Mouser, and Newark, none of them have this chip. For those so inclined to find us a substitute IC, here is the data sheet for the TD62504P. I did find the chip here thru Google but I know nothing about this company.
  18. Flyinfool
    Assuming that cell one is the positive trerminal and cell six is the negative terminal. The probe is either in cell 3 or 4, one of the 2 center cells. IF it is in the cell 3, the one closer to the positive side then it is reading 6V to ground or 4 volts to the positive terminal. IF it is in the cell 4 the one closer to the negative terminal then it is reading 4 volts to ground and 6 volts to the positive terminal. So of the 2 center cells which is it connected to? I guess that the easiest test would be to simply take the recommended resistor and connect it between the wire and +12V and if that does not turn off the red light and battery indicator then either the wire is bad or the module is bad. As you dig in to get the module out, it will be easy to stop and check the wire to be sure that it is good all of the way there.
  19. Flyinfool
    The thread on burning coal got me to thinking. By now you should all know that is dangerous. My house was built in 1886, it is a small 2 story with a 12 12 pitch roof so there is a good size attic. It is getting real close to time to replace the roof. Right now the only thing still using the chimney is the gas hot water heater in the basement. That water heater is around 25 years old so I am thinking of replacing it with a direct vent type so that nothing is using the chimney. I would like to then take down the chimney so that the new roof can cover the old chimney hole in the peak of the roof. My question is; In these old houses did they use the chimney as a structural member? Or can I just take it down and only have to do some wall and floor patching. It sure would be nice to get that space back in the kitchen and the hall where you have to turn sideways to squeeze past the chimney and it is impossible to get a box spring or anything else with a dimension of more than 20 inches into the bedroom at the end of the hall. That eliminates most dressers and beds. with the chimney gone it will be a 40 inch wide hall and room to swing the corner with even a king size box spring. Anyone ever do a chimneyectomy on an old house?
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    Ah yes the good old days..... It was always my job to keep the coal hopper filled. the hopper was big enough to last a couple of days unless it was really cold out. I was pretty young so my dad handled getting the hot ashes out of the furnace. We had a room in the basement that was about 10x10 that was the coal bin. I remember the coal truck coming to fill the basement. The coal man had to bring it one wheel barrow full at a time to fill that room up. He had a flight of stairs to contend with. I was around 13 or so when we switched to natural gas. When I bought my house there was a wood burner in the basement, I burned wood to assist the oil till the first time I had the chimney cleaned and found out it was NOT an appropriate flue for burning wood and the chimney dude said he could feel some holes in the chimney. WAY back in the 1800s when the house was built there were 5 wood stoves scattered around the house. He could feel the holes where each of those stoves connected to the chimney. Ah yes the good old days.....
  21. Flyinfool
    My bike already had the probe removed and the resistor installed so I do not even know what the probe looks like. Is it an electrical probe or an optical probe? If it is optical it would have a 45° angled point of clear plastic that goes into the acid. If it is an electrical probe it will have 2 metal contacts that go into the acid. If it is an optical probe you could test it by dipping it in water. If it is electrical probe, You would need to figure out just how it is being used to come up with an appropriate test. I can not tell for sure from the service manual and schematics, but I think it is an electrical sensor that is tapping either 4 or 6V off of the battery.
  22. Flyinfool
    The only new trailer that I ever bought was a car hauler back when I was still running stock cars. Even though the frame was all welded construction it still had a ground wire to all lights. I have worked on MANY used trailers with light issues and running ground wires everywhere always fixed it permanently.
  23. Flyinfool
    Are you sure?????? That answer did not sound very positive at all.
  24. Flyinfool
    I just did a 60 mile run on the interstate, at night, 29°F, with my Gortex hunting cloves and my fingers were fine. There is no brand name on them anywhere but I got them from Gander Mountain about 3 years ago. Yes they are blaze orange and thin enough that I have no issues working any of the buttons on the bike or the safety or trigger while hunting.
  25. Flyinfool
    You certainly would not want to mess up the dogs nose with exhaust fumes since it is the sense of smell that is helping you out. I have seen a dog trailer where the bike had exhaust tips that took the exhaust right to the ground and a lot farther back so that it would go under the trailer and then had an air scoop up high enough above the wind screen to ensure fresh air intake to ventilate the trailer for the dog. It appeared to be something home made. Good luck with whatever you come up with.
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