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Ok, I talked to the guy who owns this rig and he filled me in on the details a bit more. It was his daily driver for a year but he hasn't been driving it for the last two months because of the lack of fuel economy. He says it gets between 8 and 9 miles to a gallon (which really isn't...
Still have it?
I realize I'm a year late to the party, but I was looking through cruisers for sale in Montana and I came across yours. Do you still have it? If so, do you still want to sell?
In inspecting it, I realized that it does in fact go to the engine block. There is a cable coming off the negative terminal that connects to the side of the engine bay and then a cable from there that goes to the block. I can't believe that I didn't notice it before. I've done the best...
Well, I was asking if the ground to the fender was acceptable in place of grounding it to the engine block since so many people seem to be saying that theirs is that way. It is a solid connection however. I will post pictures of the setup in the morning. Anyway, today I replaced the fusible...
Ok, well I haven't actually seen the part yet, so maybe I can get it done quickly. I was under the impression that I was going to be replacing the whole assembly, not just the plug.
I'll be doing the work on Sunday, but I doubt that it will take me 5 minutes... I'm not quite the wrenching expert that the rest of the people on this forum are (a problem I am eagerly working toward changing, however). Anyway, the weekends are the only time for now that I can do anything with...
My suggestion... Buy a trailer and keep the cruiser. You'll be eternally sorry if you sell it off.
/Just my $0.02 (but the pennies are really tarnished anyway)
The fusible link is arriving later this afternoon by UPS, so it will go on Saturday afternoon. I also got a new Positive lead for the battery and will be switching that out as well. My negative lead was replaced relatively recently, so it should be fine. I've heard a lot of people saying that...