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  1. Flyinfool
    Glad to hear it was not worse. Mechanical things can be replaced. Body parts are a lot harder to replace. Well the uninsured with their crappy cars seem to have no problem catching you.......:stickpoke:
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    Now I just need to clear out some space in the back of my truck and figure out when I can head up there. When I am done with it I can donate it on down the line to someone that needs it. Think it would look silly to have a second engine mounted on my bike?
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    Thats funny. But what is not funny is that I know some women that would not need the speaker or air hose......
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    Cool stuff. Being out playing with the grandson. And you get to see neat construction toys at the same time.
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    I used the 1045 because it is fairly hard and was easy to get and will accept case or through hardening. I was planning to try case hardening one of the 1045 tools to see if that helps. I also plan to cut a small radius in the corners of the hex to help relieve stress. I can still play with the actual ramp that rides on the buckets to allow a little more cross section in the area of the hex point. I like the 17-4 but it is not easily available for me. I have never made anything from 17-4 so I have no idea as to whether HS or cobalt tooling would cut it or if I'd need all carbide cutting tools. The one genuine Yamaha tool that I looked at looked to me to made from powered metal. I have read posts somewhere about the genuine Yami tool breaking. I know it is a lot to hope for but a complete junk head would be even better than just the cam. That way I can actually test my tool on real shim buckets and get real measurements of the forces involved. Or maybe reinvent the tool altogether.
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    Depending on how the Caravan is outfitted it could be 8-14 passengers or even just a cargo plane. You can get commercial in a Cessna 182 in and out of Milwaukee. Thats a pilot + 3-5 passengers. But at 5 passengers they better be real little and have no luggage.
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    Here is the email I sent to Ricks. Here is the reply I got back from Ricks.
  8. Flyinfool
    Glad to hear that all is well. Will someone have a nice gift package waiting when they get home, with a car charger for the phone????
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    I've done it with a car but never even thought of trying it on the bike. HHhhmmmmmmmmmm.....
  10. Flyinfool
    A couple of questions on where the bulbs went.
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    Gee Tom, your not supposed to do things like that. Do what the doc says and get better quick.
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    Didn't you call Squidly for advice while working on my bike. NOW I am beginning to see the big picture........
  14. Flyinfool
    My first aid kits are not comprehensive enough to deal with something that would have rendered me unconscious. So no, no sticker, I'll just tell someone where it is.
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    HA, and I just got my bike fixed and running again last night after going to the WI MD............ Now if my camera will just show up in the mail.........
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    What year?
  17. Flyinfool
    The other good test is to put the bike up on the center stand and turn the rear wheel slowly by hand. when the dragging gets bad enough to be tight when turning by hand it is probably time to do something. Mine has been dragging for 5 years now, on the center stand I can just barely feel the spot that it drags, as long as it does not get worse and the brakes work properly I'm fine. I check it every time I check tire pressure.
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    I would need a garbage can lid to make a belt buckle big enough to cover up my cute belly....... But I do like SS over leather.
  19. Flyinfool
    I did send an email to Ricks to ask.
  20. Flyinfool
    Does a 1st and 2nd gen use the same stator?
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    And you didn't invite all of us??????
  22. Flyinfool
    Sorry but the Cessna Caravan is not a small plane, In my book at holding 14 passengers plus crew is still a good size airplane. Sounds like a fun trip.
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    How accuratly the tank is filled has nothing to do with MPG. The odometer tells you how far you traveled and the pump will tell you how much gas you used. Write both of these numbers down on a piece of paper. after a couple of refills add up the total gallons used and the total miles driven. Miles ÷ gallons = miles per gallon Nothing at all to do with how full the tank was. Now if you are trying to figure out the range of a tank of fuel, just fill it up with as much as will fit. NEVER fill it right to the top unless you will be riding at least 20 miles immediately after filling the tank. If you fill it right to the top then as the gas in the tank expands from the engine heat and/or air temp some may dump out the overflow. I hate dumping gas on the ground. As far as I know there is no overflow tank, just an over flow. As far as how much to fill it. Unless I am topping off for a long ride, I just fill to the bottom of the filler neck the first time, but putting as much as possible in there you are really only getting in enough extra gas for about 10 miles at the most. around town that is not an issue, out on the open road where gas stops are few and far between it might matter.
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    Yup. There is a coil of wire with a glass component running thru the inside of the coil. It is that glass component that you are soldering a jumper across. While you are there, add just a tiny bit of solder the the solder joints at each end of the coils. these solder joints are known to break over time. Also I looked at all of the solder joints on the boards with a magnifying glass to look for any that might be starting to crack. I did not find any on mine.
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    I have been getting a lot of requests for where to find out about jumping the reed switches in the cmu, here are 3 threads to get you started. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/sh...3&postcount=10 http://www.venturerider.org/forum/sh...5&postcount=11 http://www.venturerider.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=33285 These are for an earlier MkI cmu but the principle is the same and the parts that need to be jumpered still look the same.
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