Flyinfool

There is no state in the USA that has never been snowed on. I am guessing that Canada does not have many, if any, snow free places either. .

Cool, that is only 425,000 $20 bills for the ATM to spit out. I'll be glad to come help you carry all that.............

Yes they are a PITA to get to. It is even more fun getting the valve covers back on without damaging your NEW gaskets.

Our ECUs do not have a known issue with caps, BUT there is a well documented issue with 8 diodes on the PC board, If any one of the diodes fails it will fry the main processor and since that processor is a programmed chip and there is no access to the program on it, it is then irreparable. The diodes give no warning of getting ready to fail. The diodes fail due to corrosion, they can be visually inspected, if they show any corrosion they need to be replaced ASAP. This is not a difficult repair to do, but every first gen should have it done to prolong the life of the ECU.

Gotta love when a plan comes together. Now stop flashing us, my eyes are burning.

If your bike can not sit for a full month without the battery going dead, there is something wrong, find it and fix it.

Hey Cowpuc So very glad to see most of you back with us. Hopefully all the nasty stuff is gone, PERMANENTLY. I hope you have your Roll Reversal, Strange Change machine all wound up to be able to convert from Wile E. Coyote back into the Road Runner that we all know is the real you. I can feel for your plumbing issues. It always takes me a full week to get things moving after those crazy docs get hold of me. Monday morning I get to see doc and am hoping for a full release to allow me to get back to causing ALL of the trouble that I am so well known for. I am sure you will be hot on my heels and back to conniving to do some sabotage in no time at all. All Your buddy Dan was able to do was to cause a reset to mess on you.......... Just remember that I am holding some of the "Worlds Best" Hot Dogs and fresh frozen Custard just waiting for you to show up some day. Prayers still heading up for you and your family Buddy.

AGMs also do not like being drained dead. No battery does like it but AGMs are real bad with it.

If there is still some drill bit or screw left in the hole it has to come out before welding. Molten aluminum and molten steel do not play well together. The welding arc will melt all metals. Best way to clean it out without further damage is to set it up in a mill and plunge the hole with a center cutting solid carbide end mill, go very slow so that you do not break off the carbide end mill, carbide is real hard to get out of the hole.

Even though you do not specifically mention it, I assume that you do 1st gen seats also?

You might want to track down @dingy on the V-Max forum. He was the one that was selling them here and has the needed info.

If you have access to TIG welding, that is the very best option. Face drill and tap and you are good as new. Just watch the heat so you do not get an ugly heat spot on the other side. Next choice would be a Helicoil, but it looks like you may already have opened the hole up to far for that. In this application I would not trust JB Weld. If that screw fails it can be very expensive.

Might have had a lot better luck backing out the shoveled part of the driveway.

You had the first one done and I had the second one done. Mine has also been flawless.

You are aware that at this time, of the 50 states, there is only ONE that does not have SNOW on the ground at the moment. That one is Florida. But theirs is coming.............

Sure sounds like you had fun today.

The resistors are physically pretty big. they have to be to get enough surface area to dissipate the heat that they will generate. Yes they can get quite warm in use, bear that in mind when you mount them. Your two 6 ohm resistors hooked up one front and one back are equal to the one 3 ohm resistor that I used on mine. It actually does not matter where in the circuit you connect them. you could put them both right next to each other if that is easier. The reason all of the LED makers use one per bulb is so that if you are only replacing 1 bulb it will be the correct resistor. They are just doing it the easiest way for a non electrical person to understand. That is just not the easiest way to accomplish the job. Either way is electrically correct. Now I prolly just made it confusing..........................

Did you try it with just one resistor? Disconnecting one of the resistors may speed up the flash. What value resistors do you have?

There is always the sanity check to be sure you did not mess something up. Try the original flasher and bulbs to be sure all is still good. Then try changing just one turn signal to LED at a time and test.

One can never be certain, he could be an alien species and representing the Universe, .....................

You mean other than a string of the 3rd, 20th, 6th, and 23rd letters of the alphabet? Otherly known as Chasing The Front Wheel. This is Cowpucs specialty. he often has no idea where he is going, just keeps following the front wheel and has some wonderful adventures.

Plenty of room, just no water............ and way to

Ya what Cowpuc said. do your email thru someone other than you internet provider. That makes it easy to switch providers at will and you never have to remember all of the places that you used that email. There are a lot of "FREE" email providers that are not associated with any internet service provider. The free ones will bombard you with advertising and the paid ones will not, choice is yours.

Well this thread has not helped because you are right, laughing hurts..............ouch! I get my water from Lake Michigan, this lake has only froze over twice in my life that I know of. So my water supply seldom goes away........

Turn the heat on???? That aint even cold enough to close the bedroom windows...........