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  1. dingy
    Would anyone be interested in the purchasing of replacement sight glasses for the Brake & Clutch master cylinders? I know that there are some of these that have discolored or leaked in these older bikes. I have just finished replacing both of my sight glasses with a mineral glass watch crystal. I wanted to powder coat my master cylinders. To do this, I needed to remove the sight glass as it would not take the heat of the curing process. In doing so, I destroyed the sight. I have replaced both of these now with the watch crystal. I used quick setting jewelers 2 part epoxy to bond into housing. I had to buy 3 crystals & the epoxy to meet suppliers minimum order. I have had the extra crystal soaking in brake fluid for several days now. It shows no signs of discoloration. If I could do a bulk purchase, it would cost $12.00 for two crystals, including shipping to you. If you wanted, I could also get the two part epoxy for another $5.00. I know these work on 1st gen bikes, but I am not sure about 2nd gens. The crystal I used is 17.5 mm dia., & 2mm thick. 1st picture is of old sight removed & O ring that is under it. 2nd picture is of installed crystal. Let me know if interested. Gary
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    I drilled the top of the bolt out, then removed cover. About a 3/16" bit. There will be enough still sticking up to get a hold of with vice grips and screw out. Gary
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    Mine did same thing on the 1300 heads. I took a heavy piece of welding rod and tapped the outboard piece out. Don't tap into metal or it may leak, just tap on joint pipe. Then took piece of welding rod and bent short hook on end and went thru out board hole and hooked indoard piece of joint pipe. Was able to get out on both stock heads. Don't need stock heads now, but at time I did. Gary
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    As Squeeze said, 3 piece is fine. I have the heads of my 88 right now, and the old gaskets are 3 piece. My 97 Vmax heads came with the old gaskets, they are 3 piece. Gary
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    Here is a link to simplified schematic. 83 Yamaha Venture TK Simplified Circuit Diagram Rev C.pdf There is a canceling unit, but I don't know how to by pass it. It's a digital circuit, and I have no internal schematic for it. Signal circuits are in lower left quadrant of sheet. Gary
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    Mike, I don't know if this will help. Here is a link to the 86-87 schematic. Radio controls are in center of drawing. It doesn't have specific pin outs to the amp. 86-87 Yamaha Venture DS Wiring Diagram Rev D.pdf Gary
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    It has worked very well for me. I have used it for the wrenches and tachs I sold here, with no problems. Gary
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    If we all were to mark the Paypal payment as Personal - Payment Owed on the screen where you put in the amount it would help the end cause. Don, Eileen & the Domestic Violence Shelter would get $0.92 per shirt more, no paypal fees on personal transfers. I really don't see this being a business. Anyway, I digress, payment sent for shirt & info included. Gary
  9. dingy
    Dan, I see at least a tuner push button control. Also looks like the amplifier control box. Bunch of plastic parts. Gary
  10. dingy
    Here is a link that describes clutch plate inspection & doing the DD mod. It is shown on a Vmax, but Ventures are very similar. http://vmax.lvlhead.com/tips/clutch.htm SkyDoc has the PCW spring listed in the classifieds now for a good price. The DD mod does make for a stiffer clutch lever pull. Gary
  11. dingy
    PM sent Thank You, Gary
  12. dingy
    What is the reason for the half plate from a design point. I am looking at either the PCW plate or the DD mod, where a second standard spring is installed. The DD mod seems to be the preferred way to go. I just have to find a second standard spring. Gary
  13. dingy
    Maybe since the Olympics are over with in Vancouver, they had a cross country skier available. Gary
  14. dingy
    I still have wrenches available if any one would like one. See top post in this thread for info on ordering. Gary
  15. dingy
    I shipped this on 2/13. I had one get to Guam in 7 days. Gary
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    The only thing I have is the head light adjuster, which is on the fairing sub frame. I'll pull it off if some one wants it. Parts bike I got was stripped of 95% of plastic parts. Gary
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    I have a Fairing Sub Frame that came off of my 1988 parts bike that I am going to scrap. Reason being, I cleanly removed the cruise control brackets from it. I needed them on my 1983 scooter for the cruise addition. It is still serviceable, just no cruise brackets, one picture shows where I removed these two brackets. I guess it's not really free, I will send it out for the price of shipping though. It's going in trash in a few days if no one wants it. I would rather not send outside US, with the customs stuff though. Gary
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    Evan, Your problem could be due to a dirty or poor contact in your 'Engine Start' switch. This switch has two sets of contacts. When you push the start switch in, one set completes the start circuit, Normally Open contacts. The other set breaks the energy to the headlight circuit, Normally Closed contacts. Look at thread below for opening up and properly cleaning this switch. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42433 Gary
  19. dingy
    Check the signal fuse. It is tied to the gauges and the neutral light. It also runs into Dash CMOS unit. Make sure tabs in fuse box are not deteriorated, this is common on these bikes. Fuse needs to have tension on sides to make good contact. Gary
  20. dingy
    Does the bike crank & start? Gary
  21. dingy
    I doubt it is the side stand switch itself. All that switch does is to tie two circuits to ground, it would not cause dash to go out under worst case failure. It could be however, be triggering an upstream circuit failure and allowing a path to ground through it. This is a schematic for 1st gen start circuits http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42722 This is link to overall schematics. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42384 Gary
  22. dingy
    There are also a number of subtle wiring differences from the 1983's to the 1984's & up. The 83 has a fuel pump control control module. The diode pack is different. The turn signal wiring is completely different. The 83's had a separate turn, hazard and start relays. 84's had these built into the 41R relay. Gary
  23. dingy
    Below is a link to disassembling it and cleaning it. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42433 Gary
  24. dingy
    One telling sign that it is an early 83 would be the sidecover cut outs around the fuel petcock. If it is like picture attached, and does not have cut outs for fuel petcock, it probably is an early 83. The maroon bike is an early 83, no cutout in lower black portion of side cover, near passenger footrest. The blue bike is a 84, the cutout can be seen in the side cover. Gary
  25. dingy
    Electrical threads are almost as much fun as the political ones. There are always a number of ways to skin the proverbial cat. Gary
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