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So the parking light position engages the rear locker, and the headlight position engages both? Pretty slick.
It is actuated with a choke cable mounted on the gearshift where there is also a hand throttle. It looks pretty hokey, so I'm not sure how long I'm going to keep it. It seems solid, but will depend on how it all performs on the trail.
New ones are a year out, and I have no windows, so protection from the elements is relative.Don’t waste your time or money. Canvas has a life expectancy. Trying to save it at this point is an exercise in futility.
I learned this last fall.
And then when it fails on you, it will be when you are counting on it to protect you from the elements.
Look forward to watching you put some life back into this thing!I went and paid up the DMV fees awhile back. Not sure why they don't send renewal notices, but I'm guessing it's 2 years due again.
Last time I got moving permits and planned to get it tested the PS pump started howling, so I never went. Then I got a new mountain bike and procrastinated all the way until now. Once @Racer65 gets back from "Spring Break" and sells me a PS Pump, I'll get it back together and that's going to be at the top of the list.
Hey @65swb45, my carb won't ever let the RPM drop below a fast idle after sitting for some years. I start it occasionally, enough so that I have never had to charge or jump start it. It's not the choke adjustment. WTH? I'm not carb illiterate, but this one has me a bit baffled. As I recall, the accel plates are all the way closed. Could it be a big leak at the base pulling in air? Hmm. Something about the air pump?
It was also overheating, so I could never let it run long enough to actually figure out the carb. I figured maybe the thermostat was stuck shut. So I drained the radiator, which was the easy way to get to the PS pump anyway. There was about a quart of fluid in there. Flushed the block with a hose and it seems ok. I'm going to unstick the heater valve and do the same there. It had most or all new hoses in recent memory.
So thinking aloud:
- Flush cooling system; fix the heater valve, which is stuck solid at the moment
- Fix 2 pin-holes in the radiator; at the top, successfully patched with JB Weld long ago; they still hold, but I want metal there
- Test thermostat
- New PS pump
- Cerakote some parts
- Check steering; maybe a leak at Saginaw box seal, something loose at the Saginaw input coupling, loose nut behind the wheel
- Oil change; hasn't been done in a long time, 5+ years, but almost no miles. I blame the 80 series, which is also due for an oil change.
- Fix the carby
- Smog check & Registration
- Cerakote some bigger parts; maybe the whole thing.
- Rebuild the hi-lift jack, again.
- Color-matched monsta-liner for the rear floor; fix ongoing rust issues; the pretty floor in post 90 didn't last.
- New tires; and a spare tire carrier of some kind. I always kept one inside before, strapped down
- Check out the e-lockers; the front one was having an issue when it was on a long sleep-over date at Ron Diaz' shop in Gilroy
- Tune up the hand throttle and e-locker switch
- Finish my dual battery setup; all the mechanical is there, just need a bunch of cables crimped
- 2nd fuse box and wire some circuits over to the secondary battery
- LED bulbs in the parking lights and reverse lights so I can use them when camping
- Half-door panels with speakers; haven't had tunes since I took off the real doors
- Reupholster the jump seats
- 8274; it's in the garage for now. Tempted to just change the oil and put it back. I don't think it's ever been used much, but it's 40 yo.
I went and paid up the DMV fees awhile back. Not sure why they don't send renewal notices, but I'm guessing it's 2 years due again.
Last time I got moving permits and planned to get it tested the PS pump started howling, so I never went. Then I got a new mountain bike and procrastinated all the way until now. Once @Racer65 gets back from "Spring Break" and sells me a PS Pump, I'll get it back together and that's going to be at the top of the list.
Hey @65swb45, my carb won't ever let the RPM drop below a fast idle after sitting for some years. I start it occasionally, enough so that I have never had to charge or jump start it. It's not the choke adjustment. WTH? I'm not carb illiterate, but this one has me a bit baffled. As I recall, the accel plates are all the way closed. Could it be a big leak at the base pulling in air? Hmm. Something about the air pump?
It was also overheating, so I could never let it run long enough to actually figure out the carb. I figured maybe the thermostat was stuck shut. So I drained the radiator, which was the easy way to get to the PS pump anyway. There was about a quart of fluid in there. Flushed the block with a hose and it seems ok. I'm going to unstick the heater valve and do the same there. It had most or all new hoses in recent memory.
So thinking aloud:
- Flush cooling system; fix the heater valve, which is stuck solid at the moment
- Fix 2 pin-holes in the radiator; at the top, successfully patched with JB Weld long ago; they still hold, but I want metal there
- Test thermostat
- New PS pump
- Cerakote some parts
- Check steering; maybe a leak at Saginaw box seal, something loose at the Saginaw input coupling, loose nut behind the wheel
- Oil change; hasn't been done in a long time, 5+ years, but almost no miles. I blame the 80 series, which is also due for an oil change.
- Fix the carby
- Smog check & Registration
- Cerakote some bigger parts; maybe the whole thing.
- Rebuild the hi-lift jack, again.
- Color-matched monsta-liner for the rear floor; fix ongoing rust issues; the pretty floor in post 90 didn't last.
- New tires; and a spare tire carrier of some kind. I always kept one inside before, strapped down
- Check out the e-lockers; the front one was having an issue when it was on a long sleep-over date at Ron Diaz' shop in Gilroy
- Tune up the hand throttle and e-locker switch
- Finish my dual battery setup; all the mechanical is there, just need a bunch of cables crimped
- 2nd fuse box and wire some circuits over to the secondary battery
- LED bulbs in the parking lights and reverse lights so I can use them when camping
- Half-door panels with speakers; haven't had tunes since I took off the real doors
- Reupholster the jump seats
- 8274; it's in the garage for now. Tempted to just change the oil and put it back. I don't think it's ever been used much, but it's 40 yo.