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I have been reading this with interest... I'm afraid I have nothing to offer but I did not see any response to the suggestion to try swapping the #2 coil with another one to see if it does the same thing. or is it unique because of running tach?

The house water froze last night -28F It probably took me 2 hours to thaw out the lines. Polar Vortex...HURUUMMPPH !

Check out this video.... at 3.05

Oh well....thanks anyway. I wonder if you can rent them?

Sorry Pucster No joy in Traderville you were right...something black...the side cover rubber bungee still hanging on the clip

That's what I'm starting to believe. Hard to believe the cover would pull the cap off...it would be difficult to hook onto the smooth dome of the cap. Even if it did....The action of pulling off the cover would pull the cap OUTBOUND...not towards the center cam chain channel. PLUS...the plug looks big enough that even if it fell into that channel, it should have been hung up on the chain or lower gear????? But I though without the plug the bike would not have proper oil pressure. So how would it survive so long???

And I bet pulling the pan involves a complete engine removal right?

Here you go....http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?69-Drive-Shaft-Maintenance

Been there...done that...but thanks for making sure.

Hmmm. Imgine that! the bike had 65,000 miles on it when I bought on ebay. No idea of previous history at all.

You can see them at 9&3 o'clock to hex bolt 9:o'clock is gone Pretty sure they are plastic or rubber

Thats the way it came....news to me that its not an 88 final drive!!!!!!! You sure??

I recently posted how our titles of threads should be specific....this one is! I removedthe valve covers....first thing on the list? Make sure oil caps are in place. NOPE! One is missing. I looked EVERYWHERE! If it fell down beside the cam chain then it went right down...not wedged anywhere I can see. I literally spent over an hour looking in every nook and cranny on the bike, on the floor, on top of the collector, top of shock....EVERYWHERE!! so like I said...OH CRAP my dumb question of the day....can I leave it? If it did fall into the guts will it just get ground up and end up in the filter? I can see a concern of blocking any oil ports....but I don't know what to do! HELP!!!!!!! 2nd question.....save me tearing into my parts bike engine.....does anyone have one open where they can send me one?

1 dog in each saddlebag and one in a pouch on my wife's chest. That one usually ends up on my shoulder. (relax....she's tethered!)

It's my 88. The 83 is supposed to be a restoration project...but it has sat now for 3 1/2 years. The 84 is for parts

I guess I'm just crazy. I used to ride in the back of pick up trucks and was driven in my parents car with no seatbelts in it. My dad used to tie he toboggan behind the car and tow us around the survey. We were one of the first houses in the area and we used to use the construction zone as a jungle gym and playground. We used to jump on an old hay wagon and ride it down the hill on the road steering with the wooden poles. I'll bet I even ran with sissors in my hands and played with pointy sticks. The dad in he video would be watching the road for obstacles, and it was open enough if any animal ran out he would see it coming. But then...I guess I'm just crazy.

Did you say Puc's incontenant hot dog rally?

Well.... It was flat, straight road with not a car in sight. Dad's hands were right close by and junior didn't look like he would be able to yank on the bars. it was Not likely the kids first time on the bike and unless they blew a tire I think it was OK. I'm sure Dad was not sleeping while his son drove! How many of us have done the same thing in a car? certainly not the same as putting a weapon in his hands!

I'm actually enjoying the process and learning that goes with it...just not the

So far I have got the new rubber on the rear, did all the back end lunging. I replaced the gasket and o-ring on the fuel petcock. Plus sanded and painted a bit of rust on the exterior of the tank. When I opened up the clutch I realized the steel plates needed replacing too ( about half of them were blued) so now I wait for them. Brake calipers are ready to reinstall. I ordered the wrong thread size for the banjo bolts so my braided brakes are waiting for the right ones to be delivered. ( need to be .125!!!) Still waiting for my valve cover gaskets to arrive too.

Git 'er done! Keep it cool...but keep it! Hold my beer and watch this... And finally, one of many memorable quotes from Winston Churchill..... In 1946, in reply to Bessie Braddock, a plump Labour MP and Tory-hater, who told him: "Winston, you are drunk." He said Madam, you are ugly, and I will be sober in the morning."

With ripping into my bike I've been doing a LOT of searching for how to do things. First let me say this forum has made it possible for me to do a LOT of upgrades and repairs that I would never even think of doing without major assistance. But there is so much great information hidden in threads entitled "help needed for my '83" or similar. The reponse to these threads could go anywhere but....lets say the diagnosis leads to a a problem with a misfire that leads to carb float adjustment.... My suggestion is for the responder to start a new thread with the detailed response on how to measure and adjust floats and just tell the OP to check that link. That way it would be easy to migrate those specific threads into the tech library and it would be there for future use. Like I said...so much good information is buried in threads with titles I would never think of checking out. Just my 2 cents (even though we no longer have cents in Canada!)

The biggest loss would be the tech threads...the how to's. would it be worth losing recent posts to restore all of that?

Thats for fine tuning......aka my convincing tool